89R17501 AND-F     By: Menéndez S.B. No. 2788       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to an exemption from the assessment requirements of the   Texas Success Initiative for students who achieve certain scores on   the PSAT.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.338(b), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  A student who has achieved a score set by the board on   the PSAT, SAT, or ACT is exempt from the requirements of this   subchapter. An exemption under this subsection is effective for   the five-year period following the date a student takes the test and   achieves the standard set by the board.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies   beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at   public institutions of higher education for the 2026 fall semester.   The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic   term before that semester is governed by the law in effect before   the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect   for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.