Bill Text: TX HB505 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition of limitations on the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a public high school student may enroll.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective immediately [HB505 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB505-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition of limitations on the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a public high school student may enroll.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective immediately [HB505 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB505-Introduced.html
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By: Rodriguez of Travis | H.B. No. 505 |
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relating to a prohibition of limitations on the number of dual | ||
credit courses or hours in which a public high school student may | ||
enroll. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.009(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The agency shall coordinate with the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board as necessary in administering this | ||
section. The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary concerning | ||
the duties under this section of a school district. The Texas | ||
Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules as necessary | ||
concerning the duties under this section of a public institution of | ||
higher education. A rule may not limit the number of dual credit | ||
courses or hours in which a student may enroll while in high school | ||
or limit the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a | ||
student may enroll each semester or academic year. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
school year. | ||
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, 2015. |