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House Bill 2223 |
House Author: Giddings et al. |
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Effective: 6-15-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Zaffirini |
House Bill 2223 amends the Education Code and Labor Code to require each public institution of higher education to develop and implement for developmental coursework, other than adult basic education or basic academic skills education, a corequisite model under which a student concurrently enrolls in a developmental education course and a freshman-level course in the same subject area and to ensure the institution's developmental coursework complies with this requirement according to a specified implementation schedule. If a student fails to satisfactorily complete a freshman-level course taken concurrently with a developmental course in the same subject area, the institution must review the individualized plan developed for the student; if necessary, work with the student to revise the plan; and offer to the student a range of competency-based education programs to assist the student in becoming ready to perform freshman-level coursework in that subject area.
House Bill 2223 lowers the caps on the number of semester credit hours of developmental coursework per student, other than developmental coursework in English for speakers of other languages, that may be funded by legislative appropriations to a general academic teaching institution or a public junior college, public technical institute, or public state college. The bill clarifies provisions relating to the requirement under the Texas Success Initiative that a public institution of higher education assess each entering undergraduate student to determine the student's readiness for freshman-level coursework and provisions relating to the requirement that the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board collect and analyze data regarding the effectiveness of college preparatory courses and report its findings biennially.