84R8566 KJE-D
 
  By: Zerwas H.B. No. 1992
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit by advanced
  placement examination at public institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  In establishing the minimum required score on an
  Advanced Placement examination for granting course credit under
  Subsection (c), an institution of higher education may not require
  a score of more than three.
         SECTION 2.  Section 51.968(c-1), Education Code, as added by
  this Act, applies to entering freshman students at institutions of
  higher education beginning with the 2016 fall semester.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.