Amend SB 282 (Engrossed version) as follows:
(1) After SECTION 1 of the bill, adding Section 28.010, Education Code (page 1, between lines 18 and 19), insert the
following SECTION, appropriately numbered:
SECTION ____. Section 33.007(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) During the first school year a student is enrolled in a
high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment
charter school, and again during a student's senior year, a
counselor shall provide information about higher education to the
student and the student's parent or guardian. The information must
include information regarding:
(1) the importance of higher education;
(2) the advantages of completing the recommended or
advanced high school program adopted under Section 28.025(a);
(3) the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for
a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of
taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
(4) financial aid eligibility;
(5) instruction on how to apply for federal financial
aid;
(6) the center for financial aid information
established under Section 61.0776;
(7) the automatic admission of certain students to
general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section
51.803; [and]
(8) the eligibility and academic performance
requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M,
Chapter 56; and
(9) the availability of programs in the district under
which a student may earn college credit, including advanced
placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and
college credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs
[, as added by Chapter 1590, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
Session, 1999].
(2) Renumber the SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.