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By: Stucky (Senate Sponsor - Powell) |
H.B. No. 1891 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019; |
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April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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Education; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the |
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Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve a certain score |
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on a high school equivalency examination. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.338, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(h) A student who has achieved a score set by the board on a |
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high school equivalency examination administered under Section |
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7.111 is exempt from the requirements of this subchapter. 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. |
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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 2020 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 governed by the law in effect before |
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the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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