Bill Text: TX SB1564 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to developmental education courses and the assessment of student readiness under the Texas Success Initiative for public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-24 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1564 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1564-Engrossed.html
By: West | S.B. No. 1564 |
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relating to developmental education courses and the assessment of | ||
student readiness under the Texas Success Initiative for public | ||
institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (a-1), (i-2), (i-3), and (i-4) and amending | ||
Subsections (f), (i), and (k) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) In this section, "program evaluation" means a | ||
systematic method of collecting, analyzing, and using information | ||
to answer questions about developmental education courses, | ||
interventions, and policies, particularly about their | ||
effectiveness and cost-efficiency. | ||
(f) Each assessment instrument designated by the board for | ||
use under this section must be diagnostic in nature and designed to | ||
assess a student's readiness to perform freshman-level academic | ||
coursework. The board shall prescribe a single standard or set of | ||
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measure student readiness as demonstrated by current research [ |
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(i) The institution of higher education may refer a student | ||
to developmental coursework as considered necessary by the | ||
institution to address a student's deficiencies in the student's | ||
readiness to perform freshman-level academic coursework, except | ||
that the institution may not require enrollment in developmental | ||
coursework with respect to a student previously determined under | ||
Subsection (q-1) or determined by any institution of higher | ||
education to have met college-readiness standards. An institution | ||
that requires a student to enroll in developmental coursework must | ||
offer a range of developmental coursework, including online | ||
coursework, or instructional support that includes the integration | ||
of technology to efficiently address the particular developmental | ||
needs of the student. | ||
(i-2) An institution of higher education must base | ||
developmental coursework on research-based best practices that | ||
include the following components: | ||
(1) assessment; | ||
(2) differentiated placement and instruction; | ||
(3) faculty development; | ||
(4) support services; | ||
(5) program evaluation; | ||
(6) integration of technology with an emphasis on | ||
instructional support programs; | ||
(7) non-course-based developmental education | ||
interventions; and | ||
(8) course pairing of developmental education courses | ||
with credit-bearing courses. | ||
(i-3) The board shall adopt rules for the implementation of | ||
Subsection (i-2). | ||
(i-4) The board, in consultation with institutions of | ||
higher education, shall develop and provide professional | ||
development programs, including instruction in differentiated | ||
instruction methods designed to address students' diverse learning | ||
needs, to faculty and staff who provide developmental coursework to | ||
students. | ||
(k) An institution of higher education shall determine when | ||
a student is ready to perform freshman-level academic coursework. | ||
The institution must make its determination using learning outcomes | ||
for developmental education courses developed by the board based on | ||
established college and career readiness standards and student | ||
performance on one or more appropriate assessments [ |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (e), Section 51.3062, Education Code, | ||
is repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies | ||
beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year. | ||
SECTION 4. 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, 2011. |