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79R861 KEL-D

By:  Zaffirini                                                    S.B. No. 35 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study regarding credit hour requirements for 
undergraduate certificate and degree programs at public 
institutions of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  (a)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating 
Board shall conduct a study to examine the need for and feasibility 
of developing uniform credit hour requirements for undergraduate 
certificate and degree programs in any academic field common to two 
or more public institutions of higher education.  The study must 
include an evaluation of the need for and feasibility of reducing 
credit hour requirements for programs that exceed typical or 
traditional credit hour requirements for similar programs.
	(b)  Not later than September 1, 2006, the board shall report 
the results of the study to the governing board of each public 
institution of higher education and to the presiding officer of 
each legislative standing committee and subcommittee with primary 
jurisdiction over higher education.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.