TITLE: Relating to minimum scores required for public school students to receive credit by an examination administered through the College-Level Examination Program.

SUMMARY: Relating to minimum scores required for public school students to receive credit by an examination administered through the College-Level Examination Program.

FULL TEXT:
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.