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Senate Bill 162 |
Senate Author: Shapiro |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
House Sponsor: Branch |
Senate Bill 162 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to develop a statewide plan for the provision of developmental education for students entering public institutions of higher education who require such developmental education. The plan must assign primary responsibility for developmental education to public junior colleges, public state colleges, and public technical institutes and provide for using technology, to the greatest extent practicable consistent with best practices, to provide developmental education to students. The bill sets out requirements relating to plan development, plan content, and inclusion of certain elements in developmental education under the plan and requires the coordinating board, not later than December 1, 2012, to submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and presiding officer of each legislative standing committee with primary jurisdiction over higher education a report concerning the plan's initial development, including any recommendations for redesign or reassignment among institutions of higher education of existing programs or implementation of new programs and, if appropriate, recommendations for legislation.