Bill Text: TX HB1414 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition of restrictions on the grade levels at which a public high school student may be eligible to enroll in a dual credit course.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Referred to Public Education [HB1414 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1414-Introduced.html
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| By: Smith | H.B. No. 1414 | |
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| relating to a prohibition of restrictions on the grade levels at | ||
| which a public high school student may be eligible to enroll in a | ||
| dual credit course. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.009(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) The agency shall coordinate with the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board as necessary in administering this | ||
| section. The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary concerning | ||
| the duties under this section of a school district. The Texas | ||
| Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt rules as necessary | ||
| concerning the duties under this section of a public institution of | ||
| higher education. A rule may not restrict the grade levels at which | ||
| a high school student may be eligible to enroll in a dual credit | ||
| course. | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
