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Amend SB 1776 (senate committee report) in SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 51.3062(q-2), Education Code, as follows:
(1) On page 1, line 26, strike "three-year" and substitute "two-year".
(2) On page 1, line 27, between "school" and the underlined period, insert the following:
", and the student must enroll in the student's first college-level course in the exempted content area in the student's first year of enrollment in an institution of higher education. If the student earns less than a C in the student's first college-level course in the exempted content area, the institution shall advise the student of non-course-based options for becoming college ready, such as tutoring or accelerated learning"
(3) On page 1, line 35, after "institution.", insert the following:
"The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall collect and analyze data regarding the effectiveness of college preparatory courses as measured by students' successful completion of the first college-level course in the exempted content area. The board shall report its findings to all partnering institutions of higher education and independent school districts of each college preparatory course evaluated, as well as the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and the members of the House and Senate Committees on Higher Education."