79R7486 BDH-D

By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 1043



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to curriculum requirements for courses in which students 
receive concurrent high school and college credit.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 28.0241 to read as follows:
	Sec. 28.0241.  CREDIT FOR ENROLLMENT IN CERTAIN COURSES.  
(a)  A school district may grant to a student credit toward the 
academic course requirements for high school graduation for courses 
the student successfully completes that are offered by an 
institution of higher education for course credit toward a degree 
offered by the institution.
	(b)  This section applies regardless of whether the course 
offered by the institution of higher education conforms to the 
essential knowledge and skills identified under Section 28.002 for 
a substantially similar course.
	SECTION 2.  Section 28.0241, Education Code, as added by 
this Act, applies beginning with courses completed during the 
2005-2006 school year.
	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 September 1, 2005.