Bill Text: TX SB1091 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to limitations on courses that may be offered for dual credit by school districts and public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB1091 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1091-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1091 |
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relating to limitations on courses that may be offered for dual | ||
credit by school districts and public institutions of higher | ||
education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (a-4), (a-5), and (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-4) A dual credit course offered under this section must | ||
be: | ||
(1) in the core curriculum of the public institution | ||
of higher education providing college credit; | ||
(2) a career and technical education course; or | ||
(3) a foreign language course. | ||
(a-5) Subsection (a-4) does not apply to a dual credit | ||
course offered as part of the early college education program | ||
established under Section 29.908 or any other early college program | ||
that assists a student in earning a certificate or an associate | ||
degree while in high school. | ||
(b-1) The agency and the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board shall coordinate as necessary to adopt rules for | ||
the implementation of Subsections (a-4) and (a-5). In adopting | ||
those rules, the agency and the coordinating board shall use the | ||
negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government | ||
Code, and consult with relevant stakeholders. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d), (d-1), | ||
and (d-2) to read as follows: | ||
(b) Each institution of higher education that offers | ||
freshman-level courses shall adopt and implement a policy to grant | ||
undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students who have: | ||
(1) successfully completed the International | ||
Baccalaureate Diploma Program; | ||
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(c) In the policy, the institution shall: | ||
(1) establish the institution's conditions for | ||
granting course credit, including the minimum required scores on | ||
CLEP examinations, Advanced Placement examinations, and | ||
examinations for courses constituting the International | ||
Baccalaureate Diploma Program; and | ||
(2) based on the correlations identified under | ||
Subsection (f), identify the specific course credit or other | ||
academic requirements of the institution, including the number of | ||
semester credit hours or other course credit, that the institution | ||
will grant to a student who: | ||
(A) successfully completes the diploma program; | ||
(B) achieves required scores on CLEP | ||
examinations or Advanced Placement examinations; or | ||
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(d) The policy adopted by an institution of higher education | ||
under Subsection (b) must provide that the institution may grant | ||
undergraduate course credit for a dual credit course only if the | ||
course is: | ||
(1) in the core curriculum of the institution of | ||
higher education that offered the course; | ||
(2) a career and technical education course; or | ||
(3) a foreign language course. | ||
(d-1) Subsection (d) does not apply to a dual credit course | ||
completed by a student as part of the early college education | ||
program established under Section 29.908 or any other early college | ||
program that assists a student in earning a certificate or an | ||
associate degree while in high school. | ||
(d-2) The coordinating board, in coordination with the | ||
Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules to implement Subsections | ||
(d) and (d-1). In adopting those rules, the coordinating board | ||
shall use the negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, | ||
Government Code, and consult with relevant stakeholders. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A course offered for joint high school and junior | ||
college credit under this section must be: | ||
(1) in the core curriculum of the public junior | ||
college; | ||
(2) a career and technical education course; or | ||
(3) a foreign language course. | ||
(a-2) Subsection (a-1) does not apply to a course offered | ||
for joint high school and junior college credit to a student as part | ||
of the early college education program established under Section | ||
29.908 or any other early college program that assists a student in | ||
earning a certificate or an associate degree while in high school. | ||
(a-3) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in | ||
coordination with the Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules to | ||
implement Subsections (a-1) and (a-2). In adopting those rules, | ||
the coordinating board shall use the negotiated rulemaking | ||
procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, and consult with | ||
relevant stakeholders. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
beginning with dual credit courses offered for the 2018 spring | ||
semester. | ||
SECTION 5. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1091 passed the Senate on | ||
April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2017, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1091 passed the House, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, | ||
Nays 11, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |