86R12093 KJE-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1441
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
  Board comparing postsecondary educational outcomes for certain
  traditional and nontraditional students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 61.06692 to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.06692.  STUDY COMPARING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL
  OUTCOMES FOR CERTAIN TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS. (a)
  The board shall conduct a study comparing postsecondary educational
  outcomes for students enrolled at institutions of higher education
  who received a high school diploma and students enrolled at those
  institutions who received a high school equivalency certificate,
  disaggregated by the high school equivalency examination
  completed.
         (b)  Not later than December 1, 2020, the board shall submit
  to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the
  house of representatives a report on the results of the study and
  any recommendations for legislative or other action.
         (c)  This section expires September 1, 2021.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2019.