S.B. No. 1091
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to limitations on courses that may be offered for dual
  credit by school districts and public institutions of higher
  education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (a-4), (a-5), and (b-1) to read as follows:
         (a-4)  A dual credit course offered under this section must
  be:
               (1)  in the core curriculum of the public institution
  of higher education providing college credit;
               (2)  a career and technical education course; or
               (3)  a foreign language course.
         (a-5)  Subsection (a-4) does not apply to a dual credit
  course offered as part of the early college education program
  established under Section 29.908 or any other early college program
  that assists a student in earning a certificate or an associate
  degree while in high school.
         (b-1)  The agency and the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board shall coordinate as necessary to adopt rules for
  the implementation of Subsections (a-4) and (a-5).  In adopting
  those rules, the agency and the coordinating board shall use the
  negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government
  Code, and consult with relevant stakeholders.
         SECTION 2.  Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d), (d-1),
  and (d-2) to read as follows:
         (b)  Each institution of higher education that offers
  freshman-level courses shall adopt and implement a policy to grant
  undergraduate course credit to entering freshman students who have:
               (1)  successfully completed the International
  Baccalaureate Diploma Program;
               (2)  [, who have] achieved required scores on one or
  more examinations in the Advanced Placement Program or the
  College-Level Examination Program;[,] or
               (3)  [who have] successfully completed one or more dual
  credit courses [offered through concurrent enrollment in high
  school and at an institution of higher education].
         (c)  In the policy, the institution shall:
               (1)  establish the institution's conditions for
  granting course credit, including the minimum required scores on
  CLEP examinations, Advanced Placement examinations, and
  examinations for courses constituting the International
  Baccalaureate Diploma Program; and
               (2)  based on the correlations identified under
  Subsection (f), identify the specific course credit or other
  academic requirements of the institution, including the number of
  semester credit hours or other course credit, that the institution
  will grant to a student who:
                     (A)  successfully completes the diploma program;
                     (B)  achieves required scores on CLEP
  examinations or Advanced Placement examinations; or
                     (C)  [, who] successfully completes a dual credit
  course [through concurrent enrollment, or who achieves required
  scores on CLEP examinations or Advanced Placement examinations].
         (d)  The policy adopted by an institution of higher education
  under Subsection (b) must provide that the institution may grant
  undergraduate course credit for a dual credit course only if the
  course is:
               (1)  in the core curriculum of the institution of
  higher education that offered the course;
               (2)  a career and technical education course; or
               (3)  a foreign language course.
         (d-1)  Subsection (d) does not apply to a dual credit course
  completed by a student as part of the early college education
  program established under Section 29.908 or any other early college
  program that assists a student in earning a certificate or an
  associate degree while in high school.
         (d-2)  The coordinating board, in coordination with the
  Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules to implement Subsections
  (d) and (d-1).  In adopting those rules, the coordinating board
  shall use the negotiated rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008,
  Government Code, and consult with relevant stakeholders.
         SECTION 3.  Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and (a-3) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A course offered for joint high school and junior
  college credit under this section must be:
               (1)  in the core curriculum of the public junior
  college;
               (2)  a career and technical education course; or
               (3)  a foreign language course.
         (a-2)  Subsection (a-1) does not apply to a course offered
  for joint high school and junior college credit to a student as part
  of the early college education program established under Section
  29.908 or any other early college program that assists a student in
  earning a certificate or an associate degree while in high school.
         (a-3)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
  coordination with the Texas Education Agency, shall adopt rules to
  implement Subsections (a-1) and (a-2).  In adopting those rules,
  the coordinating board shall use the negotiated rulemaking
  procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code, and consult with
  relevant stakeholders.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act apply
  beginning with dual credit courses offered for the 2018 spring
  semester.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2017.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1091 passed the Senate on
  April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2017, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1091 passed the House, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135,
  Nays 11, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor