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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the effect of changes in enrollment due to military |
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service on state appropriations for public junior colleges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0037 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0037. EFFECT OF DECREASES IN ENROLLMENT DUE TO |
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MILITARY SERVICE ON STATE APPROPRIATION. (a) Notwithstanding any |
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other law, if the student enrollment determined on the basis of |
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contact hours of a public junior college in an academic year has |
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decreased from the preceding academic year by two percent or more |
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and at least two percent of the decrease is a result of students of |
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the public junior college being called to active duty in the armed |
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forces of the United States, including the National Guard, the |
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share of state appropriations determined under Section 130.003 to |
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which the junior college is entitled based on the academic year in |
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which the enrollment decrease occurred shall be determined as if |
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the portion of the enrollment decrease resulting from students |
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being called to active duty did not occur. |
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(b) The governing board of a public junior college shall |
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certify a decrease in enrollment described by Subsection (a) to the |
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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in the manner prescribed |
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by the coordinating board. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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appropriation recommendations for public junior colleges made by |
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the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. Appropriation recommendations for |
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public junior colleges made by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board before the effective date of this Act are |
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covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |