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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public junior colleges to award course credit |
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to students who hold a Child Development Associate credential. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0107 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0107. CREDIT FOR COMPLETION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT |
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ASSOCIATE CREDENTIAL. In accordance with rules adopted by the |
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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, a public junior college |
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shall award at least six semester credit hours or the equivalent to |
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a student enrolled in the junior college who holds a Child |
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Development Associate (CDA) credential. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 |
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academic year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |