By Fraser, et al. S.B. No. 179
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 179:
By Rangel C.S.S.B. No. 179
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to exempting military personnel and their dependents from
1-3 the testing requirements of the Texas Academic Skills Program and
1-4 from other similar testing requirements.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 51.306(r), Education Code, is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (r) This section does not apply to:
1-9 (1) a student who accumulated three or more
1-10 college-level semester credit hours prior to the 1989 fall
1-11 semester;
1-12 (2) a student located outside this state who enrolls
1-13 in a course offered outside this state by an institution of higher
1-14 education;
1-15 (3) a deaf student;
1-16 (4) a student who has graduated with a baccalaureate
1-17 degree from an institution of higher education, an accredited
1-18 private or independent institution of higher education, or an
1-19 accredited out-of-state institution of higher education;
1-20 (5) a student enrolled in a certificate program at a
1-21 community or technical college of one year or less; [or]
1-22 (6) a student who is a citizen of a country other than
1-23 the United States and is not seeking a degree; or
1-24 (7) a student who is a member of the United States
2-1 armed forces or a dependent of a member of the United States armed
2-2 forces.
2-3 SECTION 2. Section 51.3061(g), Education Code, is amended to
2-4 read as follows:
2-5 (g) This section does not apply to a student who:
2-6 (1) is enrolled in a certificate program of one year
2-7 or less; or
2-8 (2) is a member of the United States armed forces or a
2-9 dependent of a member of the United States armed forces.
2-10 SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only to
2-11 new students and returning students who enroll for a semester or
2-12 term that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
2-13 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
2-14 vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-15 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-16 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-17 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.