S.B. No. 1227         AN ACT   relating to the granting of undergraduate course credit at public   institutions of higher education for certain scores on examinations   administered through the College-Level Examination Program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (c-2) to read as follows:          (c-2)  In establishing the minimum required score on a CLEP   examination for granting course credit for a particular   lower-division course under Subsection (c), an institution of   higher education may not require a score higher than the minimum   score recommended by the American Council on Education for granting   course credit for that examination unless the institution's chief   academic officer determines, based on evidence, that a higher score   on the examination is necessary to indicate that a student is   sufficiently prepared to be successful in a related, more advanced   course for which the lower-division course is a prerequisite.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.968(c-2), Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies to entering freshman students at public   institutions of higher education beginning with the 2022 spring   semester.          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, 2021.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1227 passed the Senate on           May 5, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1227 passed the House on           May 26, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 5, two present   not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor