Bill Text: TX HB299 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to notification by a public junior college to a school district of certain students referred to developmental coursework.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-11 - Referred to Higher Education [HB299 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB299-Introduced.html

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84R1082 CAE-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 299

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notification by a public junior college to a school
district of certain students referred to developmental coursework.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (i-5) to read as follows:
(i-5) In September and February of each year, a public
junior college shall notify a school district of the number of
students who received a high school diploma from the district and
who the junior college referred to developmental coursework to
address the student's deficiencies in the student's readiness to
perform freshman-level academic coursework.
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.