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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to successful completion of a United States history dual |
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credit course as an alternative to compliance with the United |
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States history end-of-course assessment requirement. |
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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-6) to read as follows: |
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(a-6) A student enrolled in an eligible United States |
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history dual credit course provided through an institution of |
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higher education or a private or independent institution of higher |
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education, as those terms are defined under Section 61.003, is |
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eligible to be exempt from administration of the United States |
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history end-of-course assessment instrument as prescribed by |
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Subsection (a). A student who fails to successfully complete the |
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United States history dual credit course must take the United |
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States history end-of-course assessment instrument. The |
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commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary for the administration |
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of this subsection. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 |
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school year. |
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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, 2019. |