89R3642 CMO-D
By: Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 753
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 a course or any instructional component of a course from
being offered at a high school if 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.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
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 September 1, 2025.