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89(R) SB 2431 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
S.B. No. 2431
AN ACT
relating to requiring foreign language credit opportunities for
students enrolled in study abroad components or programs offered by
certain institutions of higher education in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.313 to read as follows:
Sec.
51.313.
STUDY ABROAD: FOREIGN LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY.
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the
meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b)
For the purpose of providing the opportunity for
students to gain proficiency in a foreign language, an institution
of higher education that, through any baccalaureate degree program,
offers a study abroad component or program in a location where a
language other than English is primarily spoken shall provide, in
accordance with rules adopted under Subsection (c), an option that
allows a student enrolled in the study abroad component or program
to earn foreign language credit as part of that component or
program.
(c)
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
adopt rules as necessary to implement this section, including rules
that:
(1)
define the study abroad components or programs to
which this section applies; and
(2)
prescribe the manner in which a student may earn
foreign language credit as part of a component or program described
by Subdivision (1).
SECTION 2. Section 51.313, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year.
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, 2025.
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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2431 passed the Senate on
April 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 31, 2025, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2431 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 76,
Nays 60, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor