By Fraser                                              S.B. No. 179
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to exempting certain military personnel from the
 1-3     requirements of the Texas 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
1-22     than the United  States and is] not seeking a degree or certificate
1-23     and who:
1-24                       (A)  is a citizen of a country other than the
 2-1     United States; or
 2-2                       (B)  is serving on active duty as a member of the
 2-3     United States armed forces.
 2-4           SECTION 2.  Section 51.3061(g), Education Code, is amended to
 2-5     read as follows:
 2-6           (g)  This section does not apply to a student who:
 2-7                 (1)  is enrolled in a certificate program of one year
 2-8     or less; or
 2-9                 (2)  is serving on active duty as a member of the
2-10     United States armed forces and is not seeking a degree or
2-11     certificate.
2-12           SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act takes effect
2-13     beginning with the 2001 fall semester.
2-14           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.