By: Seliger, et al. S.B. No. 1091     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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) and (a-5) 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.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.968, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d) and   (d-1) 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.          SECTION 3.  Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) 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.          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.