By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 531
	(In the Senate - Filed February 15, 2005; February 28, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education; 
March 7, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute to Committee on Education; March 21, 2005, reported 
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute from Committee on 
Education by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 21, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 531                                    By:  West


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the tuition charged for certain courses repeated by 
students attending public junior colleges.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 130.0034 to read as follows:
	Sec. 130.0034.  TUITION FOR REPEATED COURSES.  (a)  The 
governing board of a public junior college district may charge a 
student a higher rate of tuition than the tuition that would 
otherwise be charged for a course in which the student enrolls if:
		(1)  the student has previously enrolled in the same 
course or a course of substantially the same content and level two 
or more times; and
		(2)  the student's enrollment in the course is not 
included in the contact hours used to determine the junior 
college's proportionate share of state appropriations under 
Section 130.003.
	(b)  This section does not apply to a non-degree-credit 
developmental course.
	(c)  The total amount of tuition charged to the student under 
this section for the repeated course may not exceed the full cost of 
instruction for the course with respect to the student.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a 
student who, beginning with the 2005-2006 academic year, enrolls 
for at least the third time in the same or substantially similar 
courses as described by Section 130.0034, Education Code, as added 
by this Act.
	SECTION 3.  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.



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