S.B. No. 453
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  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 [60] or higher on an
  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