89R23240 KJE-D
By: Leo Wilson, Perez of El Paso, et al. H.B. No. 1868
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1868:
By: Perez of El Paso C.S.H.B. No. 1868
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study on changes to performance tier funding for dual
credit or dual enrollment courses under the public junior college
state finance program and the capacity of the state's workforce to
teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 130A, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130A.1011 to read as follows:
Sec. 130A.1011. STUDY ON DUAL CREDIT OR DUAL ENROLLMENT
COURSE SEQUENCES AND WORKFORCE CAPACITY. (a) The coordinating
board shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility and the fiscal
and policy implications, including the fiscal impact to the state,
of decreasing the number of semester credit hours or the equivalent
for a sequence of dual credit or dual enrollment courses for
purposes of performance tier funding under Section 130A.101(c)(3)
to nine semester credit hours or the equivalent.
(b) In conducting the study, the coordinating board shall
assess:
(1) the potential benefit to students of taking the
action described by Subsection (a), including:
(A) alignment with the public school
accountability system under Chapter 39;
(B) any reduction in the time to graduate with or
the cost for an undergraduate degree at an institution of higher
education; and
(C) a comparison of matriculation and completion
rates for students who complete a sequence of 9 semester credit
hours or the equivalent for dual credit or dual enrollment courses
versus a sequence of 15 semester credit hours or the equivalent for
those courses; and
(2) the current and projected capacity of the state's
workforce to teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses,
including:
(A) an estimate of the number of instructors
currently eligible to teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses
and the geographic distribution of those instructors;
(B) an analysis of barriers to certification or
credentialing in teaching dual credit or dual enrollment courses;
and
(C) strategies to increase the number of
instructors eligible to teach dual credit or dual enrollment
courses, including:
(i) professional development pathways;
(ii) partnerships with institutions of
higher education, as defined by Section 61.003; and
(iii) targeted financial or academic
support programs.
(c) The coordinating board may consult with the Texas
Education Agency and institutions of higher education in conducting
the study.
(d) Not later than December 1, 2026, the coordinating board
shall submit to the legislature a report on the results of the study
conducted under this section and any recommendations for
legislative or other action, including recommendations for actions
to support an expanded workforce of dual credit or dual enrollment
instructors.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2027.
SECTION 2. 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 September 1, 2025.