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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to successful completion of dual credit courses as an |
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alternative to compliance with end-of-course assessment |
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requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.025, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a-2) The commissioner shall determine a method by which a |
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student's successful completion of a dual credit course, as |
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determined by a letter grade of at least a C, provided through an |
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institution of higher education or a private or independent |
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institution of higher education, as those terms are defined under |
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Section 61.003, shall be used to satisfy the requirements |
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concerning an end-of-course assessment instrument in an equivalent |
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subject as prescribed by Subsection (a). A student who fails to |
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successfully complete a dual credit course may retake the course in |
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an effort to successfully complete the course for purposes of this |
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subsection or may take the appropriate end-of-course assessment |
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instrument. The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the |
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administration of this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.023(o), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2015. |