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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board comparing postsecondary educational outcomes for certain |
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traditional and nontraditional students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.06692 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.06692. STUDY COMPARING POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL |
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OUTCOMES FOR CERTAIN TRADITIONAL AND NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS. (a) |
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The board shall conduct a study comparing postsecondary educational |
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outcomes for students enrolled at institutions of higher education |
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who received a high school diploma and students enrolled at those |
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institutions who received a high school equivalency certificate, |
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disaggregated by the high school equivalency examination |
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completed. |
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(b) Not later than December 1, 2020, the board shall submit |
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to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the |
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house of representatives a report on the results of the study and |
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any recommendations for legislative or other action. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |