H.B. No. 1868 mandates the Texas coordinating board to conduct a study on the performance tier funding for dual credit or dual enrollment courses under the public junior college state finance program. The study will assess the feasibility and implications of reducing the required semester credit hours for these courses from the current standard to nine semester credit hours. It will evaluate potential benefits for students, such as alignment with public school accountability systems, reduced time and cost for obtaining undergraduate degrees, and a comparison of completion rates between different credit hour sequences. Additionally, the study will analyze the current and projected capacity of the state's workforce to teach these courses, including the number of eligible instructors and barriers to certification.

The coordinating board is required to submit a report on the study's findings and recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 2026, with the section of the bill expiring on September 1, 2027. The bill will take effect immediately if it receives a two-thirds vote from both houses; otherwise, it will take effect on September 1, 2025.

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