Bill Text: TX HB2588 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to college preparatory courses offered by school districts for local course credit.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB2588 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2588-Introduced.html

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83R6354 CAS-D
By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 2588

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to college preparatory courses offered by school districts
for local course credit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 28.0026 to read as follows:
Sec. 28.0026. COLLEGE PREPARATORY COURSE. (a) To the
greatest extent practicable, a school district shall offer to
students attending high school in the district a college
preparatory course for local course credit in accordance with
Section 28.002(f).
(b) A college preparatory course under Subsection (a) must
include:
(1) guidance concerning the college admissions
process, including:
(A) information concerning institutions of
higher education with a wide range of admissions criteria; and
(B) the availability of various types of
financial aid and the qualifications for obtaining those various
types of aid;
(2) instruction designed to prepare students for
successful performance on a specific college entrance examination;
and
(3) instruction on various forms of writing,
especially essay writing, at the college level.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.