Bill Text: TX SB1190 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced placement examination at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1190 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1190-Introduced.html
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| By: Seliger | S.B. No. 1190 | |
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| relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced | ||
| placement examination at public institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) In establishing the minimum required score on an | ||
| Advanced Placement examination for granting course credit under | ||
| Subsection (c), an institution of higher education may not require | ||
| a score of more than three unless the institution determines that | ||
| there is a compelling academic reason for requiring a higher score | ||
| on that examination or to receive credit for a particular course. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.0518 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.0518. STUDY ON UNDERGRADUATE COURSE CREDIT FOR | ||
| ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATIONS. (a) In this section, "Advanced | ||
| Placement examination" has the meaning assigned by Section 51.968. | ||
| (b) Biennially, the board shall conduct a study on the | ||
| performance of undergraduate students at institutions of higher | ||
| education who receive undergraduate course credit for achieving | ||
| required scores on one or more Advanced Placement examinations. | ||
| (c) The study must compare the academic performance, | ||
| retention rates, and graduation rates at institutions of higher | ||
| education of students who receive course credit for a score of three | ||
| on an Advanced Placement examination and students who receive | ||
| course credit for a score of four or five on that examination. | ||
| (d) Each institution of higher education shall submit to the | ||
| board any data requested by the board as necessary for the board to | ||
| carry out its duties under this section. | ||
| (e) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the | ||
| board shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the | ||
| speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing | ||
| legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over higher | ||
| education a report regarding the results of the study and any | ||
| recommendations for legislative or administrative action. | ||
| (f) The board shall adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
| this section in a manner that ensures compliance with federal law | ||
| regarding confidentiality of student educational information, | ||
| including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 1232g). | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Section 51.968(c-1), Education Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies to entering freshman students at | ||
| institutions of higher education beginning with the 2016 fall | ||
| semester. | ||
| (b) Not later than January 1, 2017, the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report | ||
| required by Section 61.0518(e), Education Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
