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House Bill 2760 |
House Author: Branch et al. |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Birdwell |
House Bill 2760 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of regents of the Texas State Technical College System and a public junior college, with the approval of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, to enter into a partnership agreement designed to coordinate the management and operations of the institutions and to enhance the delivery of technical education programs across Texas. The bill sets out the terms and conditions to be addressed by the partnership agreement and provides for the joint use of personnel, the assignment of support services management and operations, and the acquisition and use of physical facilities under the agreement.
House Bill 2760 establishes that a facility used for the purpose of the partnership agreement is not considered a facility used to operate a system extension program providing training in the fields of Technical-Vocational Education. The bill entitles the system to receive state appropriations on the same formula basis as if the system did not enter into a partnership agreement and entitles any other participating institution of higher education to state appropriations on the same formula basis as other similar institutions of higher education.