By Yarbrough H.B. No. 2200 74R7274 MRB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the exemption of certain training programs for plumbers 1-3 from the regulations applicable to proprietary schools. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 32.12(a), Education Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 (a) The following schools or educational institutions are 1-8 specifically exempt from the provisions of this chapter and are not 1-9 within the definition of "proprietary school": 1-10 (1) a school or educational institution supported by 1-11 taxation from either a local or State source; 1-12 (2) nonprofit schools owned, controlled, operated, and 1-13 conducted by bona fide religious, denominational, eleemosynary, or 1-14 similar public institutions exempt from property taxation under the 1-15 laws of this State, but such schools may choose to apply for a 1-16 certificate of approval hereunder, and upon approval and issuance, 1-17 shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter as determined by 1-18 the administrator; 1-19 (3) a school or training program which offers 1-20 instruction of purely avocational or recreational subjects as 1-21 determined by the administrator; 1-22 (4) a course or courses of instruction or study 1-23 sponsored by an employer for the training and preparation of its 1-24 own employees, and for which no tuition fee is charged to the 2-1 student; 2-2 (5) a course or courses of study or instruction 2-3 sponsored by a recognized trade, business, or professional 2-4 organization for the instruction of the members of the organization 2-5 with a closed membership; 2-6 (6) private colleges or universities which award a 2-7 recognized baccalaureate, or higher degree, and which maintain and 2-8 operate educational programs for which a majority of the credits 2-9 given are transferable to a college, junior college, or university 2-10 supported entirely or partly by taxation from either a local or 2-11 State source; 2-12 (7) a school or course which is otherwise regulated 2-13 and approved under and pursuant to any other law or rulemaking 2-14 process of the State or approved for continuing education credit by 2-15 an organization that accredits courses for the maintenance of a 2-16 license, except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section; 2-17 (8) aviation schools or instructors approved by and 2-18 under the supervision of the Federal Aviation Administration; 2-19 (9) a school which offers intensive review courses 2-20 designed to prepare students for certified public accountancy 2-21 tests, public accountancy tests, law school aptitude tests, bar 2-22 examinations, or medical college admissions tests; 2-23 (10) a private school offering primary or secondary 2-24 education, which may include kindergarten or prekindergarten 2-25 program, and which satisfies the compulsory attendance requirements 2-26 of Section 21.032 of this code pursuant to Section 21.033(a)(1) of 2-27 this code; and 3-1 (11) a course or courses of instruction by bona fide: 3-2 (A) electrical trade associations for the 3-3 purpose of preparing students for electrical tests required for 3-4 licensing and for the purpose of providing continuing education to 3-5 students for the renewal of electrical licenses; and 3-6 (B) plumbing trade associations for the purpose 3-7 of preparing students for plumbing tests and programs required for 3-8 licensing, certification, or endorsement and for the purpose of 3-9 providing continuing education programs approved by the Texas State 3-10 Board of Plumbing Examiners. 3-11 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 3-12 to a course of instruction that begins on or after the effective 3-13 date of this Act. A course of instruction that begins before the 3-14 effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed 3-15 before that date, and the former law is continued in effect for 3-16 this purpose. 3-17 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 3-18 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 3-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 3-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 3-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.