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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a survey to monitor the postsecondary education plans |
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of seniors at public high schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 7.029 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.029. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SURVEY. (a) The |
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agency shall develop a postsecondary education survey that a public |
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high school may use to monitor the postsecondary education plans of |
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seniors at the high school. |
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(b) Not later than January 1, 2008, the agency shall post |
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the survey developed under Subsection (a) on the agency's website. |
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As soon as practicable after posting the survey on the website, the |
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agency shall notify each school district that is located in a |
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municipality with a population of at least one million of the |
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availability of the survey. |
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(c) A counselor at a high school may administer the survey |
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to seniors. The survey must include questions to obtain the |
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following information: |
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(1) whether the student is planning to apply or has |
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applied for admission to a postsecondary educational institution; |
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(2) the name of any postsecondary educational |
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institution to which the student is planning to apply or has applied |
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for admission, if applicable; |
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(3) the name of any postsecondary educational |
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institution to which the student has been accepted for admission, |
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if applicable; and |
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(4) the name of the postsecondary educational |
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institution to which the student has been accepted for admission |
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and is planning to attend, if applicable. |
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(d) This section expires August 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency shall develop the |
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postsecondary education survey as required by Section 7.029, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after |
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the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |