88S30120 BDP-D
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 139
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offering of certain high school courses for which
students may earn college credit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-6) to read as follows:
(a-6) A governmental entity or state officer may not
prohibit an international baccalaureate course, an advanced
placement course, or any instructional component of a course for
which an accredited institution of higher education in this state
awards course credit in the subject for the achievement of a
required score on a College-Level Examination Program examination,
an advanced placement test, or an international baccalaureate
examination from being offered to students.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2024-2025
school year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.