By: Duncan  S.B. No. 1619
         (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 23, 2011, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 13, 2011,
  reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
  following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 13, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1619 By:  Seliger
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to participation of public high school students in college
  credit programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a-2), Section 28.009, Education
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (a-2)  A school district is not required to pay a student's
  tuition or other associated costs for taking a course under this
  section.  This subsection expires September 1, 2013 [2011].
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (g), Section 42.005, Education Code,
  as effective September 1, 2011, is amended to read as follows:
         (g)  If a student may receive course credit toward the
  student's high school academic requirements and toward the
  student's higher education academic requirements for a single
  course, including a course provided under Section 28.009 by a
  public institution of higher education, the time during which the
  student attends the course shall be counted as part of the minimum
  number of instructional hours required for a student to be
  considered a full-time student in average daily attendance for
  purposes of this section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect August 31, 2011.
 
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