Bill Text: TX SB1227 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit at public institutions of higher education for certain scores on examinations administered through the College-Level Examination Program.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB1227 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1227-Introduced.html

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87R9499 CXP-F
By: Taylor S.B. No. 1227

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit at public
institutions of higher education for certain scores on examinations
administered through the College-Level Examination Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c-2) to read as follows:
(c-2) In establishing the minimum required score on a CLEP
examination for granting course credit for a particular
lower-division course under Subsection (c), an institution of
higher education may not require a score higher than the minimum
score recommended by the American Council on Education for granting
course credit for that examination.
SECTION 2. Section 51.968(c-2), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies to entering freshman students at public
institutions of higher education beginning with the 2022 spring
semester.
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.