81R1111 PAM-D
 
  By: Castro H.B. No. 204
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a survey to monitor the postsecondary education plans
  of seniors at public high schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 7.034 to read as follows:
         Sec. 7.034.  POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION SURVEY.  (a)  The
  agency shall develop a postsecondary education survey that a public
  high school may use to monitor the postsecondary education plans of
  seniors at the high school.
         (b)  Not later than January 1, 2010, the agency shall post
  the survey developed under Subsection (a) on the agency's website.  
  As soon as practicable after posting the survey on the website, the
  agency shall notify each school district that is located in a
  municipality with a population of at least one million of the
  availability of the survey.
         (c)  A counselor at a high school may administer the survey
  to seniors. The survey must include questions to obtain the
  following information:
               (1)  whether the student is planning to apply or has
  applied for admission to a postsecondary educational institution;
               (2)  the name of any postsecondary educational
  institution to which the student is planning to apply or has applied
  for admission, if applicable;
               (3)  the name of any postsecondary educational
  institution to which the student has been accepted for admission,
  if applicable; and
               (4)  the name of the postsecondary educational
  institution to which the student has been accepted for admission
  and is planning to attend, if applicable.
         (d)  This section expires August 1, 2012.
         SECTION 2.  The Texas Education Agency shall develop the
  postsecondary education survey as required by Section 7.034,
  Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after
  the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.