Bill Text: TX SB436 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to administration of collegiate learning assessments to students at general academic teaching institutions.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-17 - Left pending in committee [SB436 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB436-Introduced.html
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| By: Birdwell | S.B. No. 436 | |
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| relating to administration of collegiate learning assessments to | ||
| students at general academic teaching institutions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subchapter F-1 to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER F-1. COLLEGIATE LEARNING ASSESSMENT | ||
| Sec. 51.321. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "Collegiate learning assessment" means the | ||
| Collegiate Learning Assessment or other comparable assessment | ||
| instrument approved for purposes of this subchapter by the | ||
| coordinating board. | ||
| (2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board. | ||
| (3) "General academic teaching institution" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| Sec. 51.322. ASSESSMENT REQUIRED; PURPOSES. Each general | ||
| academic teaching institution shall administer a collegiate | ||
| learning assessment in accordance with this subchapter to: | ||
| (1) measure student learning; | ||
| (2) foster a transparent learning environment; and | ||
| (3) ensure that the institution is accountable for | ||
| educating the institution's students by measuring the institution's | ||
| contributions to student educational development. | ||
| Sec. 51.323. ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE. A collegiate learning | ||
| assessment shall be administered as follows: | ||
| (1) to each entering freshman student at a general | ||
| academic teaching institution before the first day of class; and | ||
| (2) to each student at a general academic teaching | ||
| institution during the semester or other academic term in which the | ||
| student is on track to graduate with a bachelor's degree. | ||
| Sec. 51.324. DEFERMENTS. (a) A student who is unable to | ||
| take a collegiate learning assessment during a required period | ||
| described by Section 51.323 may submit to the vice president of | ||
| academic affairs or other appropriate official as designated by the | ||
| general academic teaching institution a request to defer taking the | ||
| assessment. The official shall grant the request if the official | ||
| determines that the student is unable to take the assessment during | ||
| the required period due to extenuating circumstances as established | ||
| by institution policy. | ||
| (b) A student must submit a request for a deferment under | ||
| Subsection (a), in the manner prescribed by the institution, | ||
| either: | ||
| (1) before the official date of the assessment; or | ||
| (2) if there is not an official assessment date, | ||
| before the final day of the semester or other academic term in which | ||
| the student is required to take the assessment. | ||
| (c) A student granted a deferment under this section shall | ||
| take the assessment during the institution's first administration | ||
| of the assessment following the end of the deferment period. | ||
| Sec. 51.325. FAILURE TO TAKE ASSESSMENT. If a student fails | ||
| to take a collegiate learning assessment in accordance with Section | ||
| 51.323 and either is not granted a deferment or is granted a | ||
| deferment but fails to comply with Section 51.324(c), any general | ||
| academic teaching institution: | ||
| (1) may not allow the student to register for classes | ||
| unless the student is admitted or readmitted to the institution in | ||
| accordance with Section 51.326; and | ||
| (2) shall refuse to release the student's official | ||
| transcript to the student for a reasonable period in accordance | ||
| with institution policy. | ||
| Sec. 51.326. ADMISSION OR READMISSION AFTER FAILURE TO TAKE | ||
| ASSESSMENT. (a) A student described by Section 51.325 may not be | ||
| accepted for admission or readmission to any general academic | ||
| teaching institution for a semester or other academic term until | ||
| the second academic term following the initial academic term for | ||
| which the student was disallowed from registering for classes under | ||
| Section 51.325(1). | ||
| (b) A student described by Section 51.325 who is admitted or | ||
| readmitted to a general academic teaching institution must take the | ||
| appropriate collegiate learning assessment during the | ||
| institution's first administration of the assessment following the | ||
| student's enrollment. | ||
| (c) An institution shall immediately expel a student who | ||
| fails to take the assessment as required by Subsection (b). | ||
| Sec. 51.327. TRANSFER STUDENTS. A student who transfers | ||
| into a general academic teaching institution must take the | ||
| collegiate learning assessment before registering for classes. | ||
| Sec. 51.328. EXCUSED ABSENCE. (a) A general academic | ||
| teaching institution shall excuse a student from attending classes | ||
| or completing an assignment as necessary for the student to take a | ||
| collegiate learning assessment in accordance with this subchapter. | ||
| (b) The institution shall allow a student with an excused | ||
| absence under this section to make up any class assignment, | ||
| including any examination, that is due or administered during the | ||
| student's excused absence. The student shall be provided a | ||
| reasonable period in which to make up the original assignment or be | ||
| provided with a makeup assignment that is: | ||
| (1) similar in content and expectations to the missed | ||
| assignment; and | ||
| (2) provided within a reasonable time after the | ||
| excused absence. | ||
| Sec. 51.329. REPORTING AND TRANSCRIPT REQUIREMENTS. (a) | ||
| Each general academic teaching institution shall report the results | ||
| of the collegiate learning assessment to the coordinating board at | ||
| the time and in a manner established by coordinating board rule. | ||
| (b) Each general academic teaching institution shall | ||
| include a student's collegiate learning assessment scores on the | ||
| student's official transcript. | ||
| Sec. 51.330. RULES. The coordinating board shall adopt | ||
| rules as necessary for the administration of this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Subchapter F-1, Chapter 51, Education Code, | ||
| as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2014 fall semester. | ||
| (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall | ||
| adopt rules for the administration of Subchapter F-1, Chapter 51, | ||
| Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after | ||
| this Act takes effect. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
