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HOUSE BILL 1753 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Gutierrez et al. |
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EFFECTIVE: 5-3-01 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Zaffirini |
House Bill 1753 amends the Education Code to allow The University of Texas--Pan American to enter into a partnership agreement with the South Texas Community College District, providing for the district to offer the lower-division courses required for a bachelor's degree program at the university. The bill requires the university to provide for the automatic transfer of students who complete the required lower-division course work at the community college. It also allows the university to establish an extension campus at Rio Grande City to offer upper-division courses under a degree program.
House Bill 1753 requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to prepare an impact statement on the initial implementation of these provisions for the governing boards of the university and the district and the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over higher education. The deadline for the impact statement is May 31, 2002.