89R17501 AND-F
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2788
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the
Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve certain scores on
the PSAT.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.338(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A student who has achieved a score set by the board on
the PSAT, SAT, or ACT is exempt from the requirements of this
subchapter. An exemption under this subsection is effective for
the five-year period following the date a student takes the test and
achieves the standard set by the board.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at
public institutions of higher education for the 2026 fall semester.
The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic
term before that semester is governed by the law in effect before
the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.