Bill Text: TX SB453 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to minimum scores required for public school students to receive credit by an examination administered through the College-Level Examination Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [SB453 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB453-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 453 | ||
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| relating to minimum scores required for public school students to | ||
| receive credit by an examination administered through the | ||
| College-Level Examination Program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.023(c-1), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) A school district shall give a student in grade level | ||
| six or above credit for a subject if the student scores: | ||
| (1) a three or higher on an advanced placement | ||
| examination approved by the board of trustees under Subsection (a) | ||
| and developed by the College Board; or | ||
| (2) a scaled score of 50 [ |
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| examination approved by the board of trustees under Subsection (a) | ||
| and administered through the College-Level Examination Program. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 453 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 453 passed the House on | ||
| May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 4, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
