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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice regarding the availability to public school |
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students of college credit and work-based education programs and |
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subsidies for fees paid to take certain advanced placement tests. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 28.010, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.010. NOTIFICATION REGARDING COLLEGE CREDIT AND |
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WORK-BASED EDUCATION PROGRAMS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 28.010(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Each school year, a school district shall notify the |
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parent of each district student enrolled in grade nine or above of: |
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(1) the availability of: |
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(A) programs in the district under which a |
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student may earn college credit, including advanced placement |
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programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and college |
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credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs; |
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(B) career and technology education programs or |
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other work-based education programs in the district, including any |
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internship, externship, or apprenticeship programs or a P-TECH |
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program under Subchapter N, Chapter 29; and |
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(C) subsidies based on financial need available |
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for fees paid to take college advanced placement tests or |
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international baccalaureate examinations under Section 28.054; and |
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(2) the qualifications for enrolling in programs |
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described by Subdivision (1)(A) or (B). |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |