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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the |
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Texas Success Initiative for students who successfully complete |
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certain college preparatory courses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.3062(q-2), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(q-2) A student who successfully completes a college |
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preparatory course under Section 28.014 is exempt from the |
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requirements of this section with respect to the content area of the |
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course. The exemption is effective for the three-year period |
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following the date the student graduates from high school. [The
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commissioner of higher education by rule shall establish the period
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for which an exemption under this subsection is valid.] The |
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exemption applies only at the institution of higher education that |
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partners with the school district in which the student is enrolled |
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to provide the course, except that the commissioner by rule may |
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determine the manner in which the exemption may be applied to |
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institutions of higher education other than the partnering |
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institution. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at |
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public institutions of higher education for the 2015 fall semester. |
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The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic |
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term before that semester is covered by the law in effect before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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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 September 1, 2015. |