S.B. No. 944 AN ACT 1-1 relating to an exemption from certain testing and remedial 1-2 coursework for a student with dyslexia or a related disorder who 1-3 enters a public institution of higher education. 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 Subsection (q) to read as follows: 1-7 (q) A student who has been diagnosed as having dyslexia or a 1-8 related disorder, as those terms are defined by Section 21.924(a), 1-9 by a qualified professional whose license or credentials are 1-10 appropriate to diagnose the disorder as determined by the board and 1-11 who completes the remedial program prescribed by the institution 1-12 may be required to retake the test once but may not be referred to 1-13 an additional remedial course or other remedial program or 1-14 precluded from enrolling in an upper division course because of the 1-15 student's performance on the test. 1-16 SECTION 2. Section 51.3061, Education Code, is amended by 1-17 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-18 (f) A student who has been diagnosed as having dyslexia or a 1-19 related disorder, as those terms are defined by Section 21.924(a), 1-20 by a qualified professional whose license or credentials are 1-21 appropriate to diagnose the disorder as determined by the 1-22 coordinating board and who completes the remedial program 1-23 prescribed by the institution may be required to retake the test 1-24 once but may not be referred to an additional remedial course or 2-1 other remedial program or precluded from enrolling in an upper 2-2 division course because of the student's performance on the test. 2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-8 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-9 passage, and it is so enacted.