SRC-MKV, JEC S.B. 82 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 82
By: Madla
Education
6/14/2001
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Many public high schools have partnerships with local community colleges to
provide classes for which students can get dual credit with the high school
and the college.  In 1999, an attorney general's opinion stated that the
legislature could amend the existing code to allow the partnerships between
private schools and junior colleges.  S.B. 82 allows private high schools
to partner with junior and community colleges to offer joint high school
and college classes for joint credit. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 130.008, Education Code, by amending Subsection
(a) and adding Subsection (e), to authorize a public junior college, under
an agreement with a school district, or in the case of a private high
school, with the organization or other person that operates the high
school, to offer a course in which a student attending a high school
operated in this state may enroll and receive certain course credit.
Requires a public junior college, in admitting or enrolling high school
students in a course offered for joint high school and junior college
credit under Subsection (a), to apply the same criteria and conditions to
each student wishing to enroll in the course without regard to whether the
student attends a public school or a private or parochial school, including
a home school.  Provides that for the purposes of this section, a student
who attends a school that is not formally organized as a high school and is
at least 16 years of age is considered to be attending a high school. 

SECTION 2. Effective date:  90 days after adjournment.
           Makes this Act applicable beginning with the 2001 fall semester.