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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit at public |
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institutions of higher education for certain scores on examinations |
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administered through the College-Level Examination Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-2) to read as follows: |
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(c-2) In establishing the minimum required score on a CLEP |
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examination for granting course credit for a particular |
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lower-division course under Subsection (c), an institution of |
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higher education may not require a score higher than the minimum |
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score recommended by the American Council on Education for granting |
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course credit for that examination unless the institution's chief |
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academic officer determines, based on evidence, that a higher score |
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on the examination is necessary to indicate that a student is |
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sufficiently prepared to be successful in a related, more advanced |
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course for which the lower-division course is a prerequisite. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.968(c-2), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies to entering freshman students at public |
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institutions of higher education beginning with the 2022 spring |
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semester. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |