BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 668
                                                   By: Armbrister
                                                        Education
                                                         04-06-95
                                     Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Current law does not address the issue of concurrent enrollment
between upper level institutions and other institutions of higher
education.  It is common practice for four-year institutions to
allow freshmen and sophomore students to enroll in upper level
(junior and senior) courses.  The University of Houston-Clear Lake
and the University of Houston-Victoria are both upper-level
institutions which only offer junior, senior, and graduate level
courses.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 668 makes adjustments to enrollment in courses
and programs at the University of Houston-Clear Lake and the
University of Houston-Victoria to allow students who have completed
a minimum of 30 hours of college coursework and who are currently
enrolled in another institution of higher education to take upper
level courses at these universities.
 
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.     Amends Section 111.85, Education Code, as follows:

     (a)  Authorizes the University of Houston-Clear Lake to enroll
     students who have successfully completed thirty (30) hours of
     college coursework and who are concurrently enrolled in
     another public or private institution of higher education.
     
     (b)  Provides that the University of Houston-Clear Lake is a
     general academic teaching institution, and is subject to the
     authority of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
      SECTION 2.    Amends Section 111.96, Education Code, to require the
University of Houston System board of regents to establish an
upper-level educational institution in the City of Victoria to be
known as the University of Houston-Victoria.  Requires the
institution to be organized to offer only junior, senior, and
master's level programs.

SECTION 3. Amends Section 111.98, Education Code, to make
conforming changes.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.
           Effective date:  90 days after adjournment.