AN ACT 1-1 relating to reports on the degree, certificate, or other enrollment 1-2 status of public junior college students. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 130.0036 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 130.0036. REPORT ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT STATUS. (a) In 1-7 the form and manner and at the times required by the Texas Higher 1-8 Education Coordinating Board, a junior college district shall 1-9 report to the coordinating board on the enrollment status of 1-10 students of the junior college district. The report must include 1-11 information on: 1-12 (1) students seeking a degree; 1-13 (2) students seeking a certificate; 1-14 (3) students enrolled in workforce continuing 1-15 education courses; 1-16 (4) students enrolled in college credit courses who 1-17 are not seeking a degree or certificate; 1-18 (5) students enrolled in courses for credit to 1-19 transfer to another institution; 1-20 (6) students enrolled in developmental education 1-21 courses by course level; and 1-22 (7) enrollment in other categories as specified by the 1-23 coordinating board. 1-24 (b) In administering this section, the coordinating board 2-1 shall attempt to avoid duplicating other reporting requirements 2-2 applicable to junior college districts. The coordinating board 2-3 shall consult with the governing boards of the state's junior 2-4 college districts in determining the form, manner, and times of 2-5 reports under this section. 2-6 SECTION 2. Junior college districts shall report as required 2-7 by Section 130.0036, Education Code, as added by this Act, 2-8 beginning with the 1999 fall semester. 2-9 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1853 passed the Senate on May 3, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1853 passed the House on May 25, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor