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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice to certain public school high school seniors and |
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their parents or guardians of automatic college admission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.026, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.026. NOTICE OF AUTOMATIC COLLEGE ADMISSION. (a) |
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The board of trustees of a school district shall require each high |
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school in the district to post appropriate signs in each |
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counselor's office, in each principal's office, and in each |
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administrative building indicating the substance of Section 51.803 |
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regarding automatic college admission. To assist in the |
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dissemination of this information, the school district shall: |
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(1) require that each high school counselor and class |
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advisor be provided a detailed explanation of the substance of |
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Section 51.803; |
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(2) require that each high school counselor and senior |
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class advisor explain to eligible students the substance of Section |
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51.803; and |
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(3) not later than the 14th day after the last day of |
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classes for the fall semester or an equivalent date in the case of a |
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school operated on a year-round system under Section 25.084, |
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provide each eligible senior student under Section 51.803 and the |
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student's parent or guardian[, at the commencement of a class's
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senior year,] with a written notification of the student's |
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eligibility with a detailed explanation in plain language of the |
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substance of Section 51.803. |
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(b) The agency shall adopt a form to use in providing notice |
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under Subsection (a)(3). The notice to a student and the student's |
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parent or guardian must be on a single form. The form may contain |
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one or more signature lines to indicate receipt of notice by the |
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student or the student's parent or guardian. In providing notice |
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under Subsection (a)(3), a school district shall use the form |
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adopted by the agency. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Education Agency shall adopt a form |
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for notifying eligible high school seniors and their parents or |
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guardians of automatic college admission as required by Section |
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28.026, Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as |
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practicable after the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) A school district shall provide notice to eligible high |
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school seniors and their parents or guardians of automatic college |
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admission as required by Section 28.026, Education Code, as amended |
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by this Act, beginning with the 2009-2010 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, 2009. |