By Bivins S.B. No. 1853 76R11098 JSA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to reports on the degree, certificate, or other enrollment 1-3 status of public junior college students. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 130.0036 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 130.0036. REPORT ON STUDENT ENROLLMENT STATUS. (a) In 1-8 the form and manner and at the times required by the Texas Higher 1-9 Education Coordinating Board, a junior college district shall 1-10 report to the coordinating board on the enrollment status of 1-11 students of the junior college district. The report must include 1-12 information on: 1-13 (1) students seeking a degree; 1-14 (2) students seeking a certificate; 1-15 (3) students enrolled in workforce continuing 1-16 education courses; 1-17 (4) students enrolled in college credit courses who 1-18 are not seeking a degree or certificate; 1-19 (5) students enrolled in courses for credit to 1-20 transfer to another institution; 1-21 (6) students enrolled in developmental education 1-22 courses by course level; and 1-23 (7) enrollment in other categories as specified by the 1-24 coordinating board. 2-1 (b) In administering this section, the coordinating board 2-2 shall attempt to avoid duplicating other reporting requirements 2-3 applicable to junior college districts. The coordinating board 2-4 shall consult with the governing boards of the state's junior 2-5 college districts in determining the form, manner, and times of 2-6 reports under this section. 2-7 SECTION 2. Junior college districts shall report as required 2-8 by Section 130.0036, Education Code, as added by this Act, 2-9 beginning with the 1999 fall semester. 2-10 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.