Bill Text: TX SB1276 | 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: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Effective immediately [SB1276 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1276-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1276 |
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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 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; | ||
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applicable, guidance that will be provided to students | ||
participating in the program; | ||
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institution's respective roles and responsibilities in providing | ||
the program and ensuring the quality and instructional rigor of the | ||
program; | ||
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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; and | ||
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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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 1276 passed the Senate on | ||
April 11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1276 passed the House on | ||
May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, three | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |