1-1     By:  Truan                                             S.B. No. 826
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2001; February 22, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
 1-4     March 12, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 12, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 826                    By:  Truan
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the location of public education schools, programs, and
1-11     classes.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Subchapter D,  Chapter 11, Education Code, is
1-14     amended by adding Section 11.166 to read as follows:
1-15           Sec. 11.166.  OPERATION ON CAMPUS OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER
1-16     EDUCATION.  (a)  The board of trustees of a school district may
1-17     operate a school or program or hold a class on the campus of an
1-18     institution of higher education in this state if the board obtains
1-19     written consent from the president or other chief executive officer
1-20     of the institution.
1-21           (b)  The president or other chief executive officer of an
1-22     institution of higher education may provide written consent to a
1-23     board of trustees of a school district under Subsection (a)
1-24     regardless of whether the institution is located within the
1-25     boundaries of the district.
1-26           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-27     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-28     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-29     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-30     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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