87R8460 BDP-D     By: Lozano H.B. No. 3332       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a study on the gap in student grade point averages   resulting from the accessibility of dual credit courses to public   high school students.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  (a) In this Act:                (1)  "Agency" means the Texas Education Agency.                (2)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher   Education Coordinating Board.                (3)  "Educationally disadvantaged" has the meaning   assigned by Section 5.001, Education Code.          (b)  The agency, with assistance from the coordinating   board, shall conduct a study on the accessibility of dual credit   courses to educationally disadvantaged high school students   enrolled at school districts in rural and urban areas of the state   and any resulting adverse impacts on the grade point average of   those students.          (c)  The study must examine:                (1)  the types of dual credit courses for which an   additional weight is given for purposes of computing a student's   high school grade point average;                (2)  the sources of funding for dual credit courses and   the amount funded by each source, disaggregated by school district;                (3)  the number of students who do not enroll in dual   credit courses because of an inability to pay the costs associated   with or a lack of accessibility to those courses, disaggregated by   the peer group of the public junior college district, as identified   by the coordinating board, within whose service area the students   reside;                (4)  the differences in student high school grade point   averages between students in rural areas and urban areas,   disaggregated by socioeconomic status; and                (5)  any other factor deemed relevant by the agency.          (d)  Not later than December 1, 2022, the agency, with the   assistance of the coordinating board, shall prepare and submit to   the legislature a report on the results of the study and any   recommendations for legislative or other action.          (e)  This Act expires September 1, 2023.          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, 2021.