By Harris S.B. No. 944 74R7413 SMH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to an exemption from certain testing and remedial 1-3 coursework for a student with dyslexia or a related disorder who 1-4 enters a public institution of higher education. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 51.306, Education Code, is amended by 1-7 adding Subsection (q) to read as follows: 1-8 (q) A student who has been diagnosed as having dyslexia or a 1-9 related disorder, as those terms are defined by Section 21.924(a), 1-10 by a qualified professional whose license or credentials are 1-11 appropriate to diagnose the disorder as determined by the board may 1-12 not be required to retake the test if the student completes the 1-13 remedial program prescribed by the institution. 1-14 SECTION 2. Section 51.3061, Education Code, is amended by 1-15 adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: 1-16 (f) A student who has been diagnosed as having dyslexia or a 1-17 related disorder, as those terms are defined by Section 21.924(a), 1-18 by a qualified professional whose license or credentials are 1-19 appropriate to diagnose the disorder as determined by the 1-20 coordinating board may not be required to retake the test if the 1-21 student completes the remedial program prescribed by the 1-22 institution. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-4 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-5 passage, and it is so enacted.