Relating to a study on changes to performance tier funding for dual credit or dual enrollment courses under the public junior college state finance program and the capacity of the state's workforce to teach dual credit o, the official text

H.B. No. 1868

AN ACT

relating to a study on changes to performance tier funding for dual

credit or dual enrollment courses under the public junior college

state finance program and the capacity of the state's workforce to

teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 130A, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 130A.1011 to read as follows:

Sec. 130A.1011. STUDY ON DUAL CREDIT OR DUAL ENROLLMENT

COURSE SEQUENCES AND WORKFORCE CAPACITY. (a) The coordinating

board shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility and the fiscal

and policy implications, including the fiscal impact to the state,

of decreasing the number of semester credit hours or the equivalent

for a sequence of dual credit or dual enrollment courses for

purposes of performance tier funding under Section 130A.101(c)(3)

to nine semester credit hours or the equivalent.

(b) In conducting the study, the coordinating board shall

assess:

(1) the potential benefit to students of taking the

action described by Subsection (a), including:

(A) alignment with the public school

accountability system under Chapter 39;

(B) any reduction in the time to graduate with or

the cost for an undergraduate degree at an institution of higher

education; and

(C) a comparison of matriculation and completion

rates for students who complete a sequence of 9 semester credit

hours or the equivalent for dual credit or dual enrollment courses

versus a sequence of 15 semester credit hours or the equivalent for

those courses; and

(2) the current and projected capacity of the state's

workforce to teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses,

including:

(A) an estimate of the number of instructors

currently eligible to teach dual credit or dual enrollment courses

and the geographic distribution of those instructors;

(B) an analysis of barriers to certification or

credentialing in teaching dual credit or dual enrollment courses;

and

(C) strategies to increase the number of

instructors eligible to teach dual credit or dual enrollment

courses, including:

(i) professional development pathways;

(ii) partnerships with institutions of

higher education, as defined by Section 61.003; and

(iii) targeted financial or academic

support programs.

(c) The coordinating board may consult with the Texas

Education Agency and institutions of higher education in conducting

the study.

(d) Not later than December 1, 2026, the coordinating board

shall submit to the legislature a report on the results of the study

conducted under this section and any recommendations for

legislative or other action, including recommendations for actions

to support an expanded workforce of dual credit or dual enrollment

instructors.

(e) This section expires September 1, 2027.

SECTION 2. 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, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1868 was passed by the House on April

30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 103, Nays 30, 3 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1868 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor