Bill Text: TX HB544 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to payment by a school district of the costs of developmental coursework provided by an institution of higher education under the success initiative.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB544 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB544-Introduced.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 544 | |
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| relating to payment by a school district of the costs of | ||
| developmental coursework provided by an institution of higher | ||
| education under the success initiative. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 11.181 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 11.181. SCHOOL DISTRICT RESPONSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN | ||
| DEVELOPMENTAL COURSEWORK COSTS. (a) The commissioner shall assign | ||
| to a school district from which a student who is required under | ||
| Section 51.3062 to enroll in developmental coursework graduates all | ||
| of the costs of the developmental coursework provided by an | ||
| institution of higher education. The commissioner shall assign the | ||
| costs as provided by the rules adopted under this section and | ||
| Section 51.3062. | ||
| (b) The commissioner, in cooperation with the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board, shall adopt rules to facilitate | ||
| assigning costs to school districts for developmental coursework as | ||
| provided under this section. The rules shall be designed to ensure | ||
| fairness, consistency, and fundamental due process. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (i-6) to read as follows: | ||
| (i-6) The board, in cooperation with the commissioner of | ||
| education, shall adopt rules to facilitate assigning costs to | ||
| school districts for developmental coursework as provided under | ||
| Section 11.181. The rules shall be designed to ensure fairness, | ||
| consistency, and fundamental due process. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with courses taken in | ||
| the 2015 fall semester. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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. | ||
