1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to exempting members of the armed forces from the Texas
1-3 Academic Skills Program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 51.306(r), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (r) This section does not apply to:
1-8 (1) a student who accumulated three or more
1-9 college-level semester credit hours prior to the 1989 fall
1-10 semester;
1-11 (2) a student located outside this state who enrolls
1-12 in a course offered outside this state by an institution of higher
1-13 education;
1-14 (3) a deaf student;
1-15 (4) a student who has graduated with a baccalaureate
1-16 degree from an institution of higher education, an accredited
1-17 private or independent institution of higher education, or an
1-18 accredited out-of-state institution of higher education;
1-19 (5) a student enrolled in a certificate program at a
1-20 community or technical college of one year or less; [or]
1-21 (6) a student who is a citizen of a country other than
1-22 the United States and is not seeking a degree; or
1-23 (7) a student who is serving on active duty as a
1-24 member of the armed forces of the United States.
2-1 SECTION 2. Section 51.3061(g), Education Code, is amended to
2-2 read as follows:
2-3 (g) This section does not apply to a student who is:
2-4 (1) enrolled in a certificate program of one year or
2-5 less; or
2-6 (2) serving on active duty as a member of the armed
2-7 forces of the United States.
2-8 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately and applies
2-9 beginning with the 2001 fall semester.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 234 was passed by the House on April
18, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting.
_______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 234 was passed by the Senate on May
10, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor