Bill Text: TX SB1619 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to participation of public high school students in college credit programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1619 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1619-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1619 |
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relating to participation of public high school students in college | ||
credit programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a-2), Section 28.009, Education | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a-2) A school district is not required to pay a student's | ||
tuition or other associated costs for taking a course under this | ||
section. This subsection expires September 1, 2013 [ |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (g), Section 42.005, Education Code, | ||
as effective September 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(g) If a student may receive course credit toward the | ||
student's high school academic requirements and toward the | ||
student's higher education academic requirements for a single | ||
course, including a course provided under Section 28.009 by a | ||
public institution of higher education, the time during which the | ||
student attends the course shall be counted as part of the minimum | ||
number of instructional hours required for a student to be | ||
considered a full-time student in average daily attendance for | ||
purposes of this section. | ||
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 August 31, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1619 passed the Senate on | ||
April 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1619 passed the House on | ||
May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |