Bill Text: TX HB3524 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to payment by a school district of the costs of developmental coursework provided by an institution of higher education under the success initiative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB3524 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3524-Introduced.html
By: Dutton | H.B. No. 3524 |
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relating to payment by a school district of the costs of | ||
developmental coursework provided by an institution of higher | ||
education under the success initiative. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 11.179 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.179. SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN | ||
DEVELOPMENTAL COURSEWORK COSTS. (a) The commissioner shall assign | ||
to a school district from which a student who is required under | ||
Section 51.3062 to enroll in developmental coursework graduates all | ||
of the costs of the developmental coursework provided by an | ||
institution of higher education. The commissioner shall assign the | ||
costs as provided by the rules adopted under this section and | ||
Section 51.3062. | ||
(b) The commissioner, in cooperation with the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt rules to facilitate | ||
charging school districts for developmental coursework costs under | ||
this section. The rules shall be designed to ensure fairness, | ||
consistency, and fundamental due process. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (i-6) to read as follows: | ||
(i-6) The board, in cooperation with the commissioner of | ||
education, shall adopt rules to facilitate charging school | ||
districts for developmental coursework costs under Section 11.179. | ||
The rules shall be designed to ensure fairness, consistency, and | ||
fundamental due process. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school 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, 2013. |