1-1     By:  Fraser, Ellis                                     S.B. No. 179
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed December 21, 2000; January 11, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and
 1-4     Military Installations; February 8, 2001, reported adversely, with
 1-5     favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays
 1-6     0; February 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 179                   By:  Fraser
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to exempting members of the armed forces from the Texas
1-11     Academic Skills Program.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subsection (r), Section 51.306, Education Code,
1-14     is amended to read as follows:
1-15           (r)  This section does not apply to:
1-16                 (1)  a student who accumulated three or more
1-17     college-level semester credit hours prior to the 1989 fall
1-18     semester;
1-19                 (2)  a student located outside this state who enrolls
1-20     in a course offered outside this state by an institution of higher
1-21     education;
1-22                 (3)  a deaf student;
1-23                 (4)  a student who has graduated with a baccalaureate
1-24     degree from an institution of higher education, an accredited
1-25     private or independent institution of higher education, or an
1-26     accredited out-of-state institution of higher education;
1-27                 (5)  a student enrolled in a certificate program at a
1-28     community or technical college of one year or less; [or]
1-29                 (6)  a student who is a citizen of a country other than
1-30     the United States and is not seeking a degree; or
1-31                 (7)  a student who is serving on active duty as a
1-32     member of the armed forces of the United States.
1-33           SECTION 2.  Subsection (g), Section 51.3061, Education Code,
1-34     is amended to read as follows:
1-35           (g)  This section does not apply to a student who is:
1-36                 (1)  enrolled in a certificate program of one year or
1-37     less; or
1-38                 (2)  serving on active duty as a member of the armed
1-39     forces of the United States.
1-40           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-41     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-42     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-43     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-44     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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