86R8627 JES-D
 
  By: Johnson S.B. No. 1517
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the designation of a public high school by the Texas
  Education Agency as an early college high school.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.908, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  The commissioner may not refuse to designate a high
  school campus as an early college high school or revoke or refuse to
  renew a campus's designation as an early college high school on the
  basis of the percentage of educationally disadvantaged students
  enrolled at the high school campus reported through the Public
  Education Information Management System (PEIMS).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.