By:  Janek                                                        S.B. No. 1043
	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 20, 2005, 
reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the 
following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1043                                   By:  Averitt


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to establishing an annual list of 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)  Each year, from among courses on the lists submitted to 
the board as required by Section 61.052 and from among any distance 
learning courses approved by the board and offered in accordance 
with Section 61.051(j), the P-16 Council shall recommend to the 
board and the State Board of Education English language arts, 
mathematics, science, social studies, and foreign language courses 
for the board and the State Board of Education to consider for 
purposes of this subsection.  Each year, from among the courses 
recommended under this subsection by the P-16 Council, the State 
Board of Education, in consultation with the board, shall adopt a 
list of concurrent enrollment courses that will satisfy both the 
curriculum requirements for the recommended or advanced high school 
program identified by the State Board of Education under Section 
28.025 and the requirements for a degree offered by an institution 
of higher education.  The State Board of Education shall distribute 
the list adopted under this subsection to the counselors at each 
middle school, junior high school, and high school in this state.  
For purposes of this subsection, "concurrent enrollment course" has 
the meaning assigned by Section 51.8041.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (c), Section 61.076, Education Code, 
as added by this Act, applies beginning with the 2006–2007 academic 
year and the 2006–2007 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.



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