By:  Janek, West                                                  S.B. No. 1043


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the duties of the P-16 Council regarding dual and 
concurrent enrollment courses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 61.076, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  In coordinating plans and programs under Subsection 
(b), the P-16 Council shall:
		(1)  review existing practices regarding dual and 
concurrent enrollment courses in school districts, including a 
review of courses currently approved by school districts and 
offered by institutions of higher education for dual or concurrent 
enrollment credit;
		(2)  develop model articulation agreements for school 
districts and institutions of higher education for dual and 
concurrent enrollment courses;
		(3)  examine agency rules that affect dual and 
concurrent enrollment courses and make recommendations to the 
agencies and to other appropriate entities regarding the removal of 
barriers that limit student access to those courses; and
		(4)  annually distribute to each school district and 
publish on an appropriate public website a list of recommended dual 
or concurrent enrollment courses.
	SECTION 2.  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 September 1, 2005.