Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1189	Senate Author:  Seliger
Effective:  6-19-15	House Sponsor:  Zerwas

            Senate Bill 1189 amends the Education Code to require the governing board of each public junior college district to establish at each junior college in the district a multidisciplinary studies associate degree program and sets out requirements for the program, among them a requirement that a student, after successful completion of 30 or more semester credit hours in such a program, meet with an academic advisor to complete a degree plan that accounts for all remaining credit hours required to complete the degree program, emphasizes the student's transition to a four-year college or university, and emphasizes preparations for the student's intended field of study or major at the four-year college or university.