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      88(3) HB 139 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88S30120 BDP-D
         
		By:  Gervin-Hawkins
            H.B.  No.  139
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            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 2024-2025 
         
            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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
         
            legislative session.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 28.009 (Education Code 28)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	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 2024-2025
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.