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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to limitations on courses that may be offered for dual |
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credit by school districts and public institutions of higher |
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education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (a-4) and (a-5) to read as follows: |
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(a-4) A dual credit course offered under this section must |
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be: |
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(1) in the core curriculum of the public institution |
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of higher education providing college credit; |
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(2) a career and technical education course; or |
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(3) a foreign language course. |
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(a-5) Subsection (a-4) does not apply to a dual credit |
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course offered as part of the early college education program |
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established under Section 29.908 or any other early college program |
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that assists a student in earning an associate degree while in high |
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school. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d) and |
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(d-1) to read as follows: |
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(b) Each institution of higher education that offers |
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freshman-level courses shall adopt and implement a policy to grant |
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undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students who have: |
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(1) successfully completed the International |
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Baccalaureate Diploma Program; |
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(2) [, who have] achieved required scores on one or |
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more examinations in the Advanced Placement Program or the |
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College-Level Examination Program; [,] or |
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(3) [who have] successfully completed one or more |
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dual credit courses [offered through concurrent enrollment in high
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school and at an institution of higher education]. |
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(c) In the policy, the institution shall: |
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(1) establish the institution's conditions for |
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granting course credit, including the minimum required scores on |
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CLEP examinations, Advanced Placement examinations, and |
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examinations for courses constituting the International |
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Baccalaureate Diploma Program; and |
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(2) based on the correlations identified under |
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Subsection (f), identify the specific course credit or other |
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academic requirements of the institution, including the number of |
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semester credit hours or other course credit, that the institution |
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will grant to a student who: |
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(A) successfully completes the diploma program; |
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(B) achieves required scores on CLEP |
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examinations or Advanced Placement examinations; or |
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(C) [, who] successfully completes a dual credit |
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course [through concurrent enrollment, or who achieves required
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scores on CLEP examinations or Advanced Placement examinations]. |
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(d) The policy adopted by an institution of higher education |
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under Subsection (b) must provide that the institution may grant |
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undergraduate course credit for a dual credit course only if the |
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course is: |
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(1) in the core curriculum of the institution of |
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higher education that offered the course; |
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(2) a career and technical education course; or |
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(3) a foreign language course. |
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(d-1) Subsection (d) does not apply to a dual credit course |
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completed by a student as part of the early college education |
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program established under Section 29.908 or any other early college |
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program that assists a student in earning an associate degree while |
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in high school. |
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SECTION 3. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A course offered for joint high school and junior |
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college credit under this section must be: |
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(1) in the core curriculum of the public junior |
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college; |
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(2) a career and technical education course; or |
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(3) a foreign language course. |
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(a-2) Subsection (a-1) does not apply to a course offered |
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for joint high school and junior college credit to a student as part |
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of the early college education program established under Section |
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29.908 or any other early college program that assists a student in |
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earning an associate degree while in high school. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with dual credit courses offered for the 2018 spring |
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semester. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2017. |