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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to promoting the importance of higher education in public |
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schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 29, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 29.911 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 29.911. "EDUCATION: GO GET IT" WEEK. (a) To educate |
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middle school, junior high school, and high school students about |
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the importance of higher education, each school district and each |
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open-enrollment charter school offering any of those grade levels |
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shall designate one week during the school year as "Education: Go |
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Get It" Week. |
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(b) During the designated week, each middle school, junior |
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high school, and high school shall provide students with |
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comprehensive grade-appropriate information regarding the pursuit |
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of higher education. The information provided must include |
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information regarding: |
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(1) higher education options available to students; |
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(2) standard admission requirements for institutions |
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of higher education, including: |
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(A) overall high school grade point average; |
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(B) required curriculum; and |
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(C) scores necessary on generally recognized |
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tests or assessment instruments used in admissions determinations, |
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including the Scholastic Assessment Test and the American College |
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Test; |
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(3) automatic admission of certain students to general |
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academic teaching institutions as provided by Section 51.803; and |
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(4) financial aid availability and requirements, |
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including the financial aid information provided by counselors |
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under Section 33.007(b). |
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(c) In addition to the information provided under |
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Subsection (b), each middle school, junior high school, and high |
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school shall provide to the students during the designated week at |
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least one public speaker to promote the importance of higher |
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education. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |