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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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EDUCATION CODE |
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Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION |
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Subtitle F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES |
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Chapter 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES |
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Subchapter A. SCHOOL COUNSELORS AND COUNSELING PROGRAMS |
Sec. 33.007. COUNSELING REGARDING HIGHER EDUCATION
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(a) Each counselor at an elementary, middle, or junior high school, including an open-enrollment charter school offering those grades, shall advise students and their parents or guardians regarding the importance of higher education, coursework designed to prepare students for higher education, and financial aid availability and requirements.
(b) During the first school year a student is enrolled in a high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment charter school, and again during a student's senior year, a counselor shall provide information about higher education to the student and the student's parent or guardian. The information must include information regarding:
(1) the importance of higher education;
(2) the advantages of completing the recommended or advanced high school program adopted under Section 28.025(a);
(3) the disadvantages of taking courses to prepare for a high school equivalency examination relative to the benefits of taking courses leading to a high school diploma;
(4) financial aid eligibility;
(5) instruction on how to apply for federal financial aid;
(6) the center for financial aid information established under Section 61.0776;
(7) the automatic admission of certain students to general academic teaching institutions as provided by Section 51.803;
(8) the eligibility and academic performance requirements for the TEXAS Grant as provided by Subchapter M, Chapter 56; and
(9) the availability of programs in the district under which a student may earn college credit, including advanced placement programs, dual credit programs, joint high school and college credit programs, and international baccalaureate programs.
(c) At the beginning of grades 10 and 11, a school counselor certified under the rules of the State Board for Educator Certification shall explain the requirements of automatic admission to a general academic teaching institution under Section 51.803 to each student enrolled in a high school or at the high school level in an open-enrollment charter school who has a grade point average in the top 25 percent of the student's high school class.