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  89R15250 AND-F     By: Leach H.B. No. 5062       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to   award certain course credit for a dual credit course in computer   science.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.306 to read as follows:           Sec.   51.306.     AWARD OF UNDERGRADUATE FOREIGN LANGUAGE COURSE   CREDIT FOR DUAL CREDIT COMPUTER SCIENCE COURSE. (a) In this   section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned   by Section 61.003.           (b)     An institution of higher education shall award to an   undergraduate student enrolled in the institution undergraduate   course credit toward satisfaction of a foreign language course   requirement of the institution for the student's successful   completion of a dual credit course in computer science.           (c)     This section does not apply if the student's major is in   a foreign language.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.306, Education Code, as added by this   Act, applies beginning with students initially enrolling in an   undergraduate program at a public institution for the 2025-2026   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.