1-1     By:  Hawley, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Fraser)          H.B. No. 234
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2001;
 1-3     April 20, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Veteran Affairs and Military Installations; May 3, 2001, reported
 1-5     favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 3, 2001, sent
 1-6     to printer.)
 1-7                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-8                                   AN ACT
 1-9     relating to exempting members of the armed forces from the Texas
1-10     Academic Skills Program.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 51.306(r), Education Code, is amended to
1-13     read as follows:
1-14           (r)  This section does not apply to:
1-15                 (1)  a student who accumulated three or more
1-16     college-level semester credit hours prior to the 1989 fall
1-17     semester;
1-18                 (2)  a student located outside this state who enrolls
1-19     in a course offered outside this state by an institution of higher
1-20     education;
1-21                 (3)  a deaf student;
1-22                 (4)  a student who has graduated with a baccalaureate
1-23     degree from an institution of higher education, an accredited
1-24     private or independent institution of higher education, or an
1-25     accredited out-of-state institution of higher education;
1-26                 (5)  a student enrolled in a certificate program at a
1-27     community or technical college of one year or less; [or]
1-28                 (6)  a student who is a citizen of a country other than
1-29     the United States and is not seeking a degree; or
1-30                 (7)  a student who is serving on active duty as a
1-31     member of the armed forces of the United States.
1-32           SECTION 2.  Section 51.3061(g), Education Code, is amended to
1-33     read as follows:
1-34           (g)  This section does not apply to a student who is:
1-35                 (1)  enrolled in a certificate program of one year or
1-36     less; or
1-37                 (2)  serving on active duty as a member of the armed
1-38     forces of the United States.
1-39           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately and applies
1-40     beginning with the 2001 fall semester.
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