S.B. No. 1324 AN ACT 1-1 relating to the provision by public institutions of higher 1-2 education of information relating to the Texas academic skills 1-3 program. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 51.306, Education Code, is amended by 1-6 adding new Subsections (m), (n), and (p) and relettering the 1-7 current Subsection (m) as Subsection (o) to read as follows: 1-8 (m)(1) A high school student who performs at or above a 1-9 level on the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills test to be set by 1-10 the board is exempt from this section. This exemption will be in 1-11 effect for three years from the date the Texas Assessment of 1-12 Academic Skills test is taken and the set score level is achieved. 1-13 Students enrolling for the first time in Texas public colleges and 1-14 universities after the three-year period has elapsed must conform 1-15 to all provisions of this section. 1-16 (2) Entering or transferring students who have 1-17 achieved a score to be set by the board on the Scholastic 1-18 Assessment Test or the American College Test are exempt from the 1-19 requirements of this section. This exemption will be in effect for 1-20 five years from the date either the Scholastic Assessment Test or 1-21 the American College Test is taken and the set standard is 1-22 achieved. Students enrolling for the first time in Texas public 1-23 colleges and universities after the five-year period has elapsed 1-24 must conform to all provisions of this section. 2-1 (n) The board shall adopt rules necessary for the 2-2 administration of this subchapter. 2-3 (o) This section does not apply to a student located outside 2-4 this state who enrolls in a course offered outside this state by an 2-5 institution of higher education. 2-6 (p) An institution of higher education shall provide to each 2-7 student under Subsection (b) of this section who is accepted by the 2-8 institution for admission information in the institution's catalog 2-9 relating to the testing and remedial requirements of this section 2-10 and of the rules adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating 2-11 Board. 2-12 SECTION 2. Section 13.032, Education Code, is amended by 2-13 adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: 2-14 (k) A person who has a composite score on the American 2-15 College Test, the Scholastic Assessment Test, or a similar 2-16 assessment test that is at or above a percentage set by the State 2-17 Board of Education is not required to take the basic competency 2-18 examination prescribed by the board as a condition to admission 2-19 into an approved teacher education program under Subsection (e) of 2-20 this section. 2-21 SECTION 3. Subsection (m), Section 51.306, and Subsection 2-22 (k), Section 13.032, Education Code, as added by this Act, apply 2-23 for admission to a public institution of higher education, as 2-24 defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, on or after the 2-25 beginning of the fall semester, 1993. 2-26 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-5 passage, and it is so enacted.