Bill Text: TX HB4403 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB4403 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4403-Introduced.html
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By: Turner of Dallas | H.B. No. 4403 |
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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, as amended | ||
by Chapters 264 (S.B. 1276) and 901 (H.B. 3650), Acts of the 86th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is reenacted and 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 common advising strategies and | ||
terminology related to dual credit and college readiness; | ||
(3) provide for the alignment of endorsements | ||
described by Section 28.025(c-1) offered by the district, and dual | ||
credit courses offered under the agreement that apply towards those | ||
endorsements, with postsecondary pathways and credentials at the | ||
institution and industry certifications; | ||
(4) identify tools, including tools developed by the | ||
agency, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, or the Texas | ||
Workforce Commission, to assist school counselors, students, and | ||
families in selecting endorsements offered by the district and dual | ||
credit courses offered under the agreement; | ||
(5) 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; | ||
(6) describe the academic supports and, if applicable, | ||
guidance that will be provided to students participating in the | ||
program; | ||
(7) 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; | ||
(8) 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; | ||
(9) require the district and the institution to | ||
consider the use of free or low-cost open educational resources in | ||
courses offered under the program; [ |
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the institution's respective Internet websites; and | ||
(11) designate at least one employee of the district | ||
or institution as responsible for providing academic advising to a | ||
student who enrolls in a dual credit course under the program before | ||
the student begins the course. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 28.009(b-2), Education Code, as | ||
reenacted and amended by this Act, applies only to an agreement to | ||
provide a dual credit program entered into or renewed on or after | ||
September 1, 2021. An agreement to provide a dual credit program | ||
entered into or renewed before September 1, 2021, 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. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
over another Act of the 87th Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, | ||
relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
codes. | ||
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, 2021. |