Bill Text: TX SB501 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study of costs associated with dual credit courses offered at public high schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-14 - Referred to Education [SB501 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB501-Introduced.html
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By: Seliger | S.B. No. 501 |
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relating to a study of costs associated with dual credit courses | ||
offered at public high schools. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 28.0091 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 28.0091. STUDY OF COSTS OF DUAL CREDIT COURSES. (a) | ||
The agency shall conduct a study to examine costs associated with | ||
dual credit courses offered at public high schools. In conducting | ||
the study, the agency shall: | ||
(1) collect data relating to costs associated with | ||
dual credit courses, including tuition and fees, from: | ||
(A) school districts; | ||
(B) the Texas Higher Education Coordinating | ||
Board; | ||
(C) public junior and community colleges; | ||
(D) the Texas State Technical College System; and | ||
(E) general academic teaching institutions; | ||
(2) identify the sources of funding for dual credit | ||
courses and the amount funded by each source; and | ||
(3) determine the manner in which funds under | ||
Subdivision (2) are being used for dual credit courses. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2020, the agency shall | ||
prepare a report detailing the results of the study under this | ||
section and submit the report to each standing legislative | ||
committee with primary jurisdiction over secondary and higher | ||
education. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. |