Bill Text: TX HB3730 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the development of a statewide online education and career advising tool and to a study and report on certain courses offered for college credit to public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-02 - No action taken in committee [HB3730 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3730-Introduced.html
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By: Johnson of Harris | H.B. No. 3730 |
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relating to the development of a statewide online education and | ||
career advising tool and to a study and report on certain courses | ||
offered for college credit to public school students. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Sections 28.0092 and 28.0093 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0092. ONLINE EDUCATION AND CAREER ADVISING TOOL. | ||
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the | ||
meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
(b) The agency shall develop and implement a statewide | ||
online education and career advising tool to assist children in | ||
making informed, meaningful, and attainable postsecondary and | ||
career plans. | ||
(c) The online education and career advising tool must | ||
include: | ||
(1) an individualized career pathway generator that | ||
assists a child in selecting a career and identifying the secondary | ||
and postsecondary courses the child should take to advance toward | ||
that career; and | ||
(2) information regarding: | ||
(A) any local, regional, or statewide | ||
articulation agreements regarding dual credit programs or the | ||
transfer of course credit between institutions of higher education; | ||
(B) the postsecondary and career options | ||
associated with each endorsement under Section 28.025(c-1), | ||
including the dual credit courses related to each endorsement that | ||
apply toward a certificate or degree program at an institution of | ||
higher education; | ||
(C) any stackable degree programs provided by an | ||
institution of higher education through which a student may obtain | ||
a series of credentials as the student progresses through the | ||
program; | ||
(D) existing and anticipated employment | ||
opportunities statewide and in a child's community, aligned to | ||
state and regional workforce needs; | ||
(E) anticipated earnings in various careers; | ||
(F) local, regional, and statewide career | ||
training and certification programs, including the requirements, | ||
costs, and available options for those programs; and | ||
(G) the time and cost required for and other | ||
expenses related to various postsecondary and career options. | ||
(d) In developing and implementing the online education and | ||
career advising tool, the agency shall consult with the Texas | ||
Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Workforce | ||
Commission. On request by the agency, the coordinating board and | ||
the commission shall provide to the agency any data maintained by | ||
the coordinating board or commission that is necessary to develop | ||
the tool. | ||
Sec. 28.0093. STUDY ON CERTAIN COURSES OFFERED FOR COLLEGE | ||
CREDIT. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board. | ||
(2) "Course offered for college credit" means an | ||
advanced placement course, a dual credit course, or a career and | ||
technical education course offered for college credit. | ||
(b) The agency and coordinating board jointly shall conduct | ||
a study on courses offered for college credit in the state. | ||
(c) The study must evaluate: | ||
(1) the level of rigor of the courses most commonly | ||
offered for college credit to a student enrolled in a school | ||
district; and | ||
(2) potential incentives that may be developed to | ||
encourage school districts and public institutions of higher | ||
education to ensure that courses offered for college credit are of | ||
high quality. | ||
(d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the agency and | ||
coordinating board jointly shall submit to the governor, lieutenant | ||
governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and standing | ||
legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over education a | ||
report on the results of the study and any recommendations for | ||
legislative or other action. | ||
(e) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall develop and | ||
implement the online education and career advising tool as provided | ||
by Section 28.0092, Education Code, as added by this Act, according | ||
to the following schedule: | ||
(1) not later than September 1, 2018, an initial | ||
version of the tool that incorporates as many elements required | ||
under that section as feasible must be developed and implemented; | ||
and | ||
(2) not later than September 1, 2019, the full version | ||
of the tool that incorporates all of the elements required under | ||
that section must be developed and implemented. | ||
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, 2017. |