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78S40368 SLO-D

By:  Castro                                                       H.B. No. 18 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a survey to monitor the postsecondary educational plans 
of seniors at public high schools.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 7.029 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7.029.  POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SURVEY.  (a)  The 
agency shall develop a postsecondary education survey that a public 
high school may use to monitor the postsecondary education plans of 
seniors at the high school.
	(b)  Not later than January 1, 2005, the agency shall post 
the survey developed under Subsection (a) on the agency's website.  
As soon as practicable after posting the survey on the website, the 
agency shall notify each school district that is located in a 
municipality with a population of at least one million of the 
availability of the survey.
	(c)  A counselor at a high school may administer the survey 
to seniors.  The survey must include questions to obtain the 
following information:
		(1)  whether the student is planning to apply or has 
applied for admission to a postsecondary educational institution;
		(2)  the name of any postsecondary educational 
institution to which the student is planning to apply or has applied 
for admission, if applicable;
		(3)  the name of any postsecondary educational 
institution to which the student has been accepted for admission, 
if applicable; and
		(4)  the name of the postsecondary educational 
institution to which the student has been accepted for admission 
and is planning to attend, if applicable.
	(d)  This section expires August 1, 2006.                               
	SECTION 2.  The Texas Education Agency shall develop the 
postsecondary education survey as required by Section 7.029, 
Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after 
the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.