Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R14267 MEW-D
2	2	By: Allen H.B. No. 5111
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to requirements for the early college education program.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 29.908, Education Code, is amended by
10	10	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-3) and (h) to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(b) The program must:
13	13	(1) provide for a course of study that enables a
14	14	participating student to combine high school courses and
15	15	college-level courses during grade levels 9 through 12;
16	16	(2) allow a participating student to complete high
17	17	school and, on or before the fifth anniversary of the date of the
18	18	student's first day of high school, receive a high school diploma
19	19	and either:
20	20	(A) an associate degree; or
21	21	(B) at least 60 semester credit hours toward a
22	22	baccalaureate degree;
23	23	(3) include articulation agreements with colleges,
24	24	universities, and technical schools in this state to provide a
25	25	participating student access to postsecondary educational and
26	26	training opportunities at a college, university, or technical
27	27	school; [and]
28	28	(4) provide a participating student flexibility in
29	29	class scheduling and academic mentoring;
30	30	(5) allow a student to participate in the program
31	31	without receiving a scale score that indicates satisfactory
32	32	performance on a college readiness assessment instrument
33	33	designated by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under
34	34	Section 51.334; and
35	35	(6) provide flexibility for school districts' and
36	36	open-enrollment charter schools' committees described by
37	37	Subsection (b-3) to have discretion over the eligibility of a
38	38	student to participate in the program, including by allowing the
39	39	student to be exempt from an assessment requirement related to the
40	40	program.
41	41	(b-3) A student's eligibility to participate in the program
42	42	shall be determined by, as applicable:
43	43	(1) the student's admission, review, and dismissal
44	44	committee;
45	45	(2) a committee established for the student under
46	46	Section 504, Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Section 794); or
47	47	(3) if Subdivisions (1) and (2) are not applicable to
48	48	the student, a committee composed of the student, the student's
49	49	parent or person standing in parental relation to the student, a
50	50	school administrator, and a teacher.
51	51	(h) A high school designated as an early college high school
52	52	shall report through the Public Education Information System
53	53	(PEIMS) the number of students who were dismissed before graduating
54	54	from the high school in conjunction with the student's performance
55	55	on applicable Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness
56	56	benchmarks prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
57	57	Board under Section 51.334 on an assessment instrument designated
58	58	by the coordinating board under that section, disaggregated by
59	59	students' race, ethnicity, sex, grade level, and status as:
60	60	(1) students enrolled in a special education program;
61	61	(2) educationally disadvantaged students;
62	62	(3) emergent bilingual students, as defined by Section
63	63	29.052; and
64	64	(4) students experiencing homelessness.
65	65	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.