SENATE BILL 148 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Bivins |
EFFECTIVE: 06-19-97 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Rangel et. al. |
Senate Bill 148 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a recommended core curriculum and to require public colleges and universities to allow students to transfer earned core curriculum credits.
The act also changes provisions relating to the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP), including a requirement that entering students take the TASP test or a similar test before enrolling in courses, alternatives to allow students with test deficiencies to take upper division classes, exemptions from the test, and limitations on state funding for developmental courses.