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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study on the equity gap in the accessibility of dual |
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credit courses to public high school students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.0091 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.0091. STUDY ON EQUITY GAP IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES. |
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(a) In this section, "coordinating board" means the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board. |
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(b) The agency, with assistance from the coordinating |
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board, shall conduct a study on the accessibility of dual credit |
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courses to educationally disadvantaged high school students |
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enrolled at a school district in a rural area of the state and any |
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resulting adverse impacts on the accessibility of higher education |
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to those students. |
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(c) The study must examine: |
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(1) the types of dual credit courses for which an |
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additional weight is given for purposes of computing a student's |
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high school grade point average; |
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(2) the sources of funding for dual credit courses and |
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the amount funded by each source, disaggregated by school district; |
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(3) the number of students who do not enroll in dual |
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credit courses because of an inability to pay the costs associated |
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with those courses, disaggregated by the peer group of the public |
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junior college district, as identified by the coordinating board, |
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within whose service area the students reside; |
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(4) the number of educationally disadvantaged |
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students who graduate in the top 10 percent of the students' high |
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school graduating class, disaggregated by the peer group of the |
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public junior college district, as identified by the coordinating |
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board, within whose service area the students reside; and |
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(5) any other factor deemed relevant by the agency. |
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(d) Not later than December 1, 2022, the agency, with the |
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assistance of the coordinating board, shall prepare and submit to |
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the legislature a report on the results of the study and any |
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recommendations for legislative or other action. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2023. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |