Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1776	Senate Author:  Menéndez
Effective:  6-16-15	House Sponsor:  Guillen

            Previous law authorized the commissioner of higher education to establish the exemption period for certain Texas Success Initiative assessment requirements that apply to a student who successfully completes certain college preparatory courses. Senate Bill 1776 amends the Education Code to instead make that exemption effective for two years following a student's high school graduation date and requires a student, as a condition of the exemption, to enroll in the student's first college-level course in the exempted content area in the student's first year of enrollment in an institution of higher education. The bill also requires the institution to advise the student of non-course-based options for becoming college ready if the student earns less than a C in such a course.

In addition, the bill requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to collect and analyze data regarding the effectiveness of college preparatory courses as measured by students' successful completion of the first college-level course in the exempted content area and to report its findings to specified recipients.