Bill Text: TX HB3887 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to college preparatory courses for public high school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Public Education [HB3887 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3887-Introduced.html
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| By: Morales Shaw | H.B. No. 3887 | |
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| relating to college preparatory courses for public high school | ||
| students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.014, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) Each school district shall partner with at least one | ||
| institution of higher education to develop and provide courses in | ||
| college preparatory mathematics and English language arts. The | ||
| courses must be designed: | ||
| (1) subject to Subsection (a-1), for students at the | ||
| 11th and 12th grade levels [ |
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| (A) an end-of-course assessment instrument | ||
| required under Section 39.023(c) does not meet college readiness | ||
| standards; or | ||
| (B) coursework, a college entrance examination, | ||
| or an assessment instrument designated under Section 51.334 | ||
| indicates that the student is not ready to perform entry-level | ||
| college coursework; and | ||
| (2) to prepare students for success in entry-level | ||
| college courses. | ||
| (a-1) A student at the 11th grade level may take a course | ||
| provided under Subsection (a) if the student demonstrates to an | ||
| appropriate campus administrator that the student would otherwise | ||
| be unable to take the course during the student's 12th grade year | ||
| and complete the curriculum requirements for high school | ||
| graduation. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2021. | ||
