Bill Text: TX HB3593 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to document and maintain information regarding the granting of certain undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-18 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3593 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3593-Introduced.html
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By: Sanford | H.B. No. 3593 |
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relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to | ||
document and maintain information regarding the granting of certain | ||
undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
(h) For purposes of evaluating the policy adopted under | ||
Subsection (b), an institution of higher education shall document | ||
and maintain information regarding each granting of undergraduate | ||
course credit under that policy for achieving a required score on an | ||
Advanced Placement examination, including: | ||
(1) the subject of the examination; | ||
(2) the score achieved on the examination; and | ||
(3) the course for which credit was granted. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.968(h), Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies beginning with undergraduate course credit | ||
granted in the 2019-2020 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, 2019. |