By: Rodriguez of Travis, et al. H.B. No. 505

(Senate Sponsor - Estes)

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2015; April 21, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 7, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a prohibition of limitations on the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a public high school student may enroll.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 28.009(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b) The agency shall coordinate with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board as necessary in administering this section. The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary concerning the duties under this section of a school district. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules as necessary concerning the duties under this section of a public institution of higher education. A rule may not limit:

(1) the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a student may enroll while in high school;

(2) the number of dual credit courses or hours in which a student may enroll each semester or academic year; or

(3) the grade levels at which a high school student may be eligible to enroll in a dual credit course.

SECTION 2. Section 130.008(f), Education Code, is repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 school year.

SECTION 4. 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 September 1, 2015.

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