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AN ACT
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relating to notice regarding the availability of programs under |
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which a student may earn college credit in public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.010 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.010. NOTIFICATION REGARDING COLLEGE CREDIT |
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PROGRAMS. (a) Each school year, a school district shall notify |
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the parent of each district student enrolled in grade nine or above |
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of the availability of programs in the district under which a |
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student may earn college credit, including advanced placement |
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programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and college |
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credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs. |
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(b) A school district may provide the notification required |
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by this section on the district's Internet website. The |
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notification must include the name and contact information of any |
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public or private entity offering a program described by this |
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section in the district. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 33.007, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) During the first school year a student is enrolled in a |
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high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment |
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charter school, and again during a student's senior year, a |
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counselor shall provide information about higher education to the |
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student and the student's parent or guardian. The information must |
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include information regarding: |
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(1) the importance of higher education; |
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(2) the advantages of completing the recommended or |
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advanced high school program adopted under Section 28.025(a); |
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(3) the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for |
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a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of |
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taking courses leading to a high school diploma; |
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(4) financial aid eligibility; |
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(5) instruction on how to apply for federal financial |
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aid; |
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(6) the center for financial aid information |
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established under Section 61.0776; |
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(7) the automatic admission of certain students to |
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general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section |
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51.803; [and] |
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(8) the eligibility and academic performance |
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requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M, |
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Chapter 56; and |
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(9) the availability of programs in the district under |
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which a student may earn college credit, including advanced |
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placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and |
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college credit programs, and international baccalaureate |
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programs[, as added by Chapter 1590, Acts of the 76th Legislature,
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Regular Session, 1999]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 282 passed the Senate on |
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March 14, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2007, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 282 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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Nays 0, two present not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |