Bill Text: TX SB149 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to rules adopted and reporting required under the school district college credit program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - See remarks for effective date [SB149 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB149-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to rules adopted and reporting required under the school district college credit program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - See remarks for effective date [SB149 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB149-Introduced.html
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By: West | S.B. No. 149 |
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relating to rules adopted and reporting required under the school | ||
district college credit program. | ||
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. | ||
SECTION 2. Effective September 1, 2011, Section 28.009(c), | ||
Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Each school district shall annually report to the | ||
agency: | ||
(1) the number of district students, including career | ||
and technical students, who have participated in the program [ |
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section. | ||
SECTION 3. Effective September 1, 2013, Section 28.009(c), | ||
Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The commissioner and the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board shall share data as necessary to enable school | ||
districts to comply with this subsection. Each school district | ||
shall annually report to the agency: | ||
(1) the number of district students, including career | ||
and technical students, who have participated in the program and | ||
earned college credit; and | ||
(2) the cumulative number of courses in which | ||
participating district students have enrolled and college credit | ||
hours the students have earned. | ||
SECTION 4. Effective September 1, 2013, Section 28.009, | ||
Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c-1) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall | ||
collect student course credit data from public institutions of | ||
higher education as necessary for purposes of Subsection (c). | ||
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, 2011. |