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Senate Bill 1004 |
Senate Author: Bettencourt |
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Effective: 6-19-15 |
House Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia |
Senate Bill 1004 amends the Education Code to authorize a public junior college with a service area located wholly or partly in Harris County or in a county adjacent to Harris County to enter into an articulation agreement with any school district located wholly or partly in Harris County for the provision on the public junior college campus of a dropout recovery program for certain students and to require such a public junior college to enter into an agreement with each such school district to offer one or more courses for joint high school and junior college credit. The bill also authorizes the governing board of a junior college district located wholly or partly in Harris County or in a county adjacent to Harris County to contract with the governing board of any independent school district located wholly or partly in Harris County to provide remedial programs for secondary school students.