Bill Text: TX HB1992 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced placement examination at public institutions of higher education.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-03 - Effective immediately [HB1992 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1992-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1992 | ||
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| relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced | ||
| placement examination at public institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) In establishing the minimum required score on an | ||
| Advanced Placement examination for granting course credit for a | ||
| particular lower-division course under Subsection (c), an | ||
| institution of higher education may not require a score of more than | ||
| three unless the institution's chief academic officer determines, | ||
| based on evidence, that a higher score on the examination is | ||
| necessary to indicate a student is sufficiently prepared to be | ||
| successful in a related, more advanced course for which the | ||
| lower-division course is a prerequisite. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.0518 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.0518. STUDY ON UNDERGRADUATE COURSE CREDIT FOR | ||
| ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS. (a) In this section, "Advanced | ||
| Placement examination" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.968. | ||
| (b) The board, in consultation with institutions of higher | ||
| education, the board's Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee, | ||
| and other interested parties, shall conduct a study on the | ||
| performance of undergraduate students at institutions of higher | ||
| education who receive undergraduate course credit for achieving | ||
| required scores on one or more Advanced Placement examinations. | ||
| (c) The study must compare the academic performance, | ||
| retention rates, and graduation rates at institutions of higher | ||
| education of students who complete a lower-division course at an | ||
| institution and students who receive credit for that course for a | ||
| score of three or more on an Advanced Placement examination, | ||
| disaggregated by score. | ||
| (d) Each institution of higher education shall submit to the | ||
| board any data requested by the board as necessary for the board to | ||
| carry out its duties under this section. | ||
| (e) Not later than January 1, 2017, the board shall submit | ||
| to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives, and the standing legislative committees with | ||
| primary jurisdiction over higher education a progress report that | ||
| examines the academic performance at institutions of higher | ||
| education of students who received undergraduate course credit for | ||
| a score of three on one or more Advanced Placement examinations and | ||
| any recommendations for legislative or administrative action. | ||
| (f) Not later than January 1, 2019, the board shall submit | ||
| to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives, and the standing legislative committees with | ||
| primary jurisdiction over higher education a report regarding the | ||
| results of the study conducted under this section and any | ||
| recommendations for legislative or administrative action. | ||
| (g) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
| this section in a manner that ensures compliance with federal law | ||
| regarding confidentiality of student educational information, | ||
| including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 1232g). | ||
| (h) This section expires September 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 51.968(c-1), Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies to entering freshman students at institutions of | ||
| higher education beginning with the 2016 fall semester. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1992 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 10, 3 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 1992 on May 21, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 10, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1992 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
| 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
