Bill Text: TX HB1611 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for students who successfully complete certain college preparatory courses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-11 - Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar [HB1611 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1611-Comm_Sub.html
  84R26438 KJE-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 1611
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1611:
 
  By:  Martinez C.S.H.B. No. 1611
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the
  Texas Success Initiative for students who successfully complete
  certain college preparatory courses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (q-2) and adding Subsections (q-3) and (q-4) to
  read as follows:
         (q-2)  A student who successfully completes a college
  preparatory course under Section 28.014 is exempt from the
  requirements of this section with respect to the content area of the
  course, provided that the student satisfies the requirements under
  Subsection (q-3). The exemption is effective for the two-year
  period following the date the student graduates from high school. 
  [The commissioner of higher education by rule shall establish the
  period for which an exemption under this subsection is valid.] The
  exemption applies only at the institution of higher education that
  partners with the school district in which the student is enrolled
  to provide the course, except that the commissioner by rule may
  determine the manner in which the exemption may be applied to
  institutions of higher education other than the partnering
  institution.
         (q-3)  A student receiving an exemption under Subsection
  (q-2) must enroll in a college-level course in the exempted content
  area during the student's first year of enrollment at an
  institution of higher education occurring after the student
  qualifies for the exemption. If the student earns a grade below a
  "C" for the course, the institution shall advise the student of
  non-course-based options for attaining college readiness, such as
  tutoring or accelerated learning.
         (q-4)  The board shall:
               (1)  collect and analyze data regarding the
  effectiveness of college preparatory courses provided under
  Section 28.014 in assisting students to become ready to perform
  college-level academic coursework, as measured by the rate at which
  students receiving an exemption under Subsection (q-2)
  successfully complete the course described by Subsection (q-3); and
               (2)  in November of each even-numbered year, submit a
  report on the board's findings to the governor, the lieutenant
  governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the standing
  legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher
  education, and each institution of higher education and school
  district that offers a college preparatory course under Section
  28.014.
         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 2015 fall semester.
  The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic
  term before that semester is covered 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 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, 2015.
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