Bill Text: TX HB4466 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the offering of certain high school courses for which students may earn college credit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Public Education [HB4466 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4466-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 4466 | |
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| relating to the offering of certain high school courses for which | ||
| students may earn college credit. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-6) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-6) A governmental entity or state officer may not | ||
| prohibit an international baccalaureate course, an advanced | ||
| placement course, or any instructional component of a course for | ||
| which an accredited institution of higher education in this state | ||
| awards course credit in the subject for the achievement of a | ||
| required score on a College-Level Examination Program examination, | ||
| an advanced placement test, or an international baccalaureate | ||
| examination from being offered to students. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
