89R15250 AND-F
By: Leach H.B. No. 5062
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to
award certain course credit for a dual credit course in computer
science.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.306 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.306. AWARD OF UNDERGRADUATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE
CREDIT FOR DUAL CREDIT COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE. (a) In this
section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned
by Section 61.003.
(b) An institution of higher education shall award to an
undergraduate student enrolled in the institution undergraduate
course credit toward satisfaction of a foreign language course
requirement of the institution for the student's successful
completion of a dual credit course in computer science.
(c) This section does not apply if the student's major is in
a foreign language.
SECTION 2. Section 51.306, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with students initially enrolling in an
undergraduate program at a public institution for the 2025-2026
academic 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 September 1, 2025.