74R6639 SMH-D
By Hochberg H.B. No. 114
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 114:
By Moreno C.S.H.B. No. 114
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the testing and remedial education of certain students
1-3 enrolling in public institutions of higher education.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 51.306(a)(1), Education Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (1) "Board," <and> "institution of higher education,"
1-8 and "private or independent institution of higher education" have
1-9 the meanings assigned by Section 61.003 of this code.
1-10 SECTION 2. Section 51.306, Education Code, is amended by
1-11 adding Subsections (q)-(s) to read as follows:
1-12 (q) This section does not apply to a student at an
1-13 institution of higher education who:
1-14 (1) enrolls on a temporary basis in the institution of
1-15 higher education; and
1-16 (2) is also enrolled in a private or independent
1-17 institution of higher education or an out-of-state institution of
1-18 higher education or has graduated from an institution of higher
1-19 education, a private or independent institution of higher
1-20 education, or an out-of-state institution of higher education.
1-21 (r) To receive an exemption under Subsection (q), a student
1-22 must:
1-23 (1) if the student claims the exemption because the
1-24 student is also enrolled in a private or independent institution of
2-1 higher education or an out-of-state institution of higher
2-2 education, present to the institution of higher education at which
2-3 the student seeks the exemption as evidence of enrollment in the
2-4 other institution:
2-5 (A) a transcript, grade report, or paid fee
2-6 receipt from the preceding semester; or
2-7 (B) any other evidence acceptable to the
2-8 institution of higher education as proof of enrollment in the other
2-9 institution;
2-10 (2) if the student claims the exemption because the
2-11 student has graduated from an institution of higher education, a
2-12 private or independent institution of higher education, or an
2-13 out-of-state institution of higher education, present to the
2-14 institution of higher education at which the student seeks the
2-15 exemption as evidence of graduation from the other institution a
2-16 diploma or transcript; and
2-17 (3) sign a form stating that the student does not
2-18 intend to enroll on a permanent basis in or receive a certificate
2-19 or degree from the institution of higher education at which the
2-20 student seeks the exemption.
2-21 (s) An exemption under Subsection (q) terminates if the
2-22 student:
2-23 (1) enrolls on a permanent basis in the institution of
2-24 higher education; or
2-25 (2) enrolls in a certificate or degree program at the
2-26 institution of higher education.
2-27 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-5 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-6 passage, and it is so enacted.