Sunday, June 22, marked the final day for the governor to sign or veto legislation passed during the 89th Texas Legislative Session. Over the weekend, several priority bills with direct implications for Austin Community College District (ACC) received final approval.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill (SB) 1191<\/strong><\/a>, which requires school districts to award equal weight and numeric conversion for grades earned in dual credit, Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate, and OnRamps courses. ACC provided testimony on the bill this session and did a lot of work behind the scenes to help pass it<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n The new law directs the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to develop a standard method for computing grade point averages (GPAs) across all forms of advanced academics. It will go into effect later this year.<\/p>\n Other legislation ACC was following that received Abbott\u2019s approval over the weekend included:<\/p>\n Abbott has used his power to call a special session on specific topics to reconvene legislators for an additional 30 days beginning July 21. The state constitution only allows lawmakers to pass bills during special sessions on issues selected by the governor. <\/p>\n The governor did not include any items related to higher education in his initial call, but additional items can be added to the call list before the special session begins. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday, June 22, marked the final day for the governor to sign or veto legislation passed during the 89th Texas Legislative Session. Over the weekend, several priority bills with direct implications for Austin Community College … Continue reading \n
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