Bill Text: TX HB3650 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an agreement between a school district and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to high school students enrolled in the district.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective immediately [HB3650 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3650-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3650 |
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relating to an agreement between a school district and public | ||
institution of higher education to provide a dual credit program to | ||
high school students enrolled in the district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.009(b-2), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b-2) Any agreement, including a memorandum of | ||
understanding or articulation agreement, between a school district | ||
and public institution of higher education to provide a dual credit | ||
program described by Subsection (b-1) must: | ||
(1) include specific program goals aligned with the | ||
statewide goals developed under Subsection (b-1); | ||
(2) establish, or provide a procedure for | ||
establishing, the course credits that may be earned under the | ||
agreement, including by developing a course equivalency crosswalk | ||
or other method for equating high school courses with college | ||
courses and identifying the number of credits that may be earned for | ||
each course completed through the program; | ||
(3) describe the academic supports and, if applicable, | ||
guidance that will be provided to students participating in the | ||
program; | ||
(4) establish the district's and the institution's | ||
respective roles and responsibilities in providing the program and | ||
ensuring the quality and instructional rigor of the program; | ||
(5) state the sources of funding for courses offered | ||
under the program, including, at a minimum, the sources of funding | ||
for tuition, transportation, and any required fees or textbooks for | ||
students participating in the program; [ |
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(6) require the district and the institution to | ||
consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in | ||
courses offered under the program; and | ||
(7) be posted each year on the district's and the | ||
institution's respective Internet websites. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.009(b-2), Education Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to an agreement to provide a dual credit | ||
program entered into or renewed on or after September 1, 2019. An | ||
agreement to provide a dual credit program entered into or renewed | ||
before September 1, 2019, is governed by the law as it existed at | ||
the time the agreement was entered into or renewed, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3650 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3650 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |