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AN ACT
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relating to participation of public high school students in college |
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credit programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a-2), Section 28.009, Education |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a-2) A school district is not required to pay a student's |
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tuition or other associated costs for taking a course under this |
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section. This subsection expires September 1, 2013 [2011]. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (g), Section 42.005, Education Code, |
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as effective September 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows: |
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(g) If a student may receive course credit toward the |
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student's high school academic requirements and toward the |
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student's higher education academic requirements for a single |
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course, including a course provided under Section 28.009 by a |
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public institution of higher education, the time during which the |
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student attends the course shall be counted as part of the minimum |
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number of instructional hours required for a student to be |
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considered a full-time student in average daily attendance for |
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purposes of this section. |
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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 August 31, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1619 passed the Senate on |
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April 28, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1619 passed the House on |
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May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |