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  By: Castro (Senate Sponsor - West) H.B. No. 1244
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2011;
  May 16, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
  Education; May 21, 2011, reported favorably, as amended, by the
  following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By:  West
 
 
         Amend HB 1244:
         Add SECTION 54.225
         SEC. 54.225  STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NON-SEMESTER-LENGTH
  DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION INTERVENTIONS.  The governing board of an
  institution of higher education may exempt from the payment of
  tuition authorized by this chapter a student who is participating
  in an approved non-semester-length developmental education
  intervention (including course-based, non-course-based,
  alternative-entry/exit, and other intensive developmental
  education activities).
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to developmental education courses and the assessment of
  student readiness under the Texas Success Initiative for public
  institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (f) and (i) and adding Subsections (a-1),
  (i-2), (i-3), and (i-4) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  In this section, "program evaluation" means a
  systematic method of collecting, analyzing, and using information
  to answer questions about developmental education courses,
  interventions, and policies, particularly about their
  effectiveness and cost-efficiency.
         (f)  Each assessment instrument designated by the board for
  use under this section must be diagnostic in nature and designed to
  assess a student's readiness to perform freshman-level academic
  coursework. The board shall prescribe a single standard or set of 
  standards to effectively measure student readiness as demonstrated
  by current research for each [the] assessment instrument [or
  instruments that reflect that student readiness. An institution of
  higher education may adopt more stringent assessment standards with
  respect to student readiness].
         (i)  The institution of higher education may refer a student
  to developmental coursework as considered necessary by the
  institution to address a student's deficiencies in the student's
  readiness to perform freshman-level academic coursework, except
  that the institution may not require enrollment in developmental
  coursework with respect to a student previously determined by any
  institution of higher education to have met college-readiness
  standards. An institution of higher education that requires a
  student to enroll in developmental coursework must offer a range of
  developmental coursework or instructional support that includes
  the integration of technology to efficiently address the particular
  developmental needs of the student.
         (i-2)  An institution of higher education must base
  developmental coursework on research-based best practices that
  include the following components:
               (1)  assessment;
               (2)  differentiated placement and instruction;
               (3)  faculty development;
               (4)  support services;
               (5)  program evaluation;
               (6)  integration of technology with an emphasis on
  instructional support programs;
               (7)  non-course-based developmental education
  interventions; and
               (8)  course pairing of developmental education courses
  with credit-bearing courses.
         (i-3)  The board shall, in consultation with institutions of
  higher education, adopt rules for the implementation of Subsection
  (i-2).
         (i-4)  An institution of higher education must provide
  professional development programs, including instruction in
  differentiated instruction methods designed to address students' 
  diverse learning needs, to faculty and staff who provide
  developmental coursework to students.
         SECTION 2.  Section 51.3062(e), Education Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies
  beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year.
         SECTION 4.  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, 2011.
 
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