84R7390 MK-D
 
  By: Canales H.B. No. 1959
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that public school counselors provide
  parents with information regarding assessment instruments used in
  the admissions processes of colleges and universities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 33.007, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  In September and January of each school year, a school
  counselor at a high school, including an open-enrollment charter
  school offering high school grade levels, shall mail information
  relating to the SAT, the ACT, and any other national
  norm-referenced assessment instrument generally used by colleges
  and universities as part of their undergraduate admissions
  processes to the home address of the parent or guardian of each
  student enrolled in grade 11 or 12.  The information must include
  upcoming administration dates for the assessment instruments and
  associated registration deadlines.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
  school year.
         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 September 1, 2015.