1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to exempting certain higher education students from the 1-3 TASP test based on the student's high school grade point average in 1-4 college preparatory courses. 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 (x) to read as follows: 1-8 (x) A person is exempt from this section if the person 1-9 graduates from a public high school or an accredited private high 1-10 school in any state with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on 1-11 a 4.0 scale or the equivalent and completed the recommended or 1-12 advanced high school curriculum established under Section 28.002 or 1-13 28.025 or an equivalent or similar curriculum at an accredited 1-14 private high school or at a high school outside of this state. The 1-15 exemption is effective only for a student who enrolls in an 1-16 institution of higher education on or before the second anniversary 1-17 of the date the student graduated from high school. A student 1-18 enrolling for the first time in an institution of higher education 1-19 after the two-year period has elapsed must conform to all 1-20 applicable provisions of this section. The board by rule shall 1-21 establish standards for determining for purposes of this 1-22 subsection: 1-23 (1) whether a private high school is accredited; and 1-24 (2) whether a person completed a high school 2-1 curriculum at an accredited private high school or at a high school 2-2 outside of this state that is equivalent or similar to the 2-3 recommended or advanced high school curriculum established under 2-4 Section 28.002 or 28.025. 2-5 SECTION 2. Section 51.306(x), Education Code, as added by 2-6 this Act, applies only to a student entering an institution of 2-7 higher education on or after the effective date of this Act. 2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-9 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-10 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-11 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-12 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2109 was passed by the House on April 11, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 2109 on May 25, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 2, 2 present, not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2109 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor