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AN ACT
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relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public |
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junior colleges and independent school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A public junior college with a service area located |
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wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three |
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million may enter into an articulation agreement described by |
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Subsection (a) with any school district located wholly or partly in |
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a county with a population of more than three million. |
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SECTION 2. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) A public junior college with a service area located |
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wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three |
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million shall enter into an agreement with each school district |
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located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than |
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three million to offer one or more courses as provided by this |
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section. A student enrolled in a school district to which this |
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subsection applies may enroll in a course at any junior college that |
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has entered into an agreement with the district to offer the course |
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under this subsection. Subsection (f) does not apply to a student |
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who seeks to enroll in a course under this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. Section 130.086, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Subsection (d) does not apply to a course offered by a |
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public junior college with a service area located wholly or partly |
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in a county with a population of more than three million for high |
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school students enrolled in a school district located wholly or |
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partly in a county with a population of more than three million. |
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SECTION 4. Section 130.090, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The governing board of a junior college district |
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located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than |
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three million may contract to provide remedial programs under |
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Subsection (a) with the governing board of any independent school |
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district located wholly or partly in a county with a population of |
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more than three million. |
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SECTION 5. Section 130.008(g), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2016 spring semester. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1004 passed the Senate on |
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May 12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 4; and that the |
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Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2015, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1004 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, |
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Nays 5, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |