H.B. No. 1748
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the administration of Texas governor's schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 29.124, Education Code, is transferred
  to Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, redesignated as
  Section 61.07621, Education Code, and amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.07621 [29.124].  TEXAS GOVERNOR'S SCHOOLS. (a) [In
  this section, "public senior college or university" has the meaning
  assigned by Section 61.003.
         [(b)]  A Texas governor's school is a summer residential
  program for high-achieving high school students. A governor's
  school program may include any or all of the following educational
  curricula:
               (1)  mathematics and science;
               (2)  humanities;
               (3)  fine arts; or
               (4) [(3)]  leadership and public policy.
         (b) [(c)]  A public senior college or university may apply to
  the board [commissioner] to administer a Texas governor's school
  program under this section. The board [commissioner] shall give
  preference to a public senior college or university that applies in
  cooperation with a nonprofit association. The board [commissioner]
  shall give additional preference if the nonprofit association
  receives private foundation funds that may be used to finance the
  program.
         (c) [(d)]  The board [commissioner] may approve an
  application under this section only if the applicant:
               (1)  applies within the period and in the manner
  required by rule adopted by the board [commissioner];
               (2)  submits a program proposal that includes:
                     (A)  a curriculum consistent with Subsection (a) 
  [(b)];
                     (B)  criteria for selecting students to
  participate in the program;
                     (C)  a statement of the length of the program,
  which must be at least three weeks; and
                     (D)  a statement of the location of the program;
               (3)  agrees to use a grant under this section only for
  the purpose of administering a program; and
               (4)  satisfies any other requirements established by
  rule adopted by the board [commissioner].
         (d)  The criteria described by Subsection (c)(2)(B) must
  include grade point average, academic standing, and
  extracurricular activities.
         (e)  From funds appropriated to the board [agency], the board
  [commissioner] may make a grant in an amount not to exceed $750,000
  each year to public senior colleges or universities whose
  applications are approved under this section to pay the costs of
  administering a Texas governor's school program.
         (f)  The board [commissioner] may adopt other rules
  necessary to implement this section.
         SECTION 2.  (a) On the effective date of this Act:
               (1)  all functions, activities, rules, forms, money,
  property, contracts, memoranda of understanding, records, and
  obligations of the commissioner of education or the Texas Education
  Agency relating to Texas governor's schools under Section 29.124,
  Education Code, become functions, activities, rules, forms, money,
  property, contracts, memoranda of understanding, records, and
  obligations of the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under
  Section 61.07621, Education Code, as added by this Act, without a
  change in status; and
               (2)  all money appropriated to the Texas Education
  Agency under Section 29.124, Education Code, including money for
  providing administrative support, is considered appropriated to
  the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section
  61.07621, Education Code, as added by this Act.
         (b)  A rule adopted by the commissioner of education under
  Section 29.124, Education Code, is also a rule of the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board under Section 61.07621, Education
  Code, as added by this Act, and remains in effect as a rule of the
  coordinating board until repealed or superseded by a rule adopted
  by the coordinating board.
         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, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1748 was passed by the House on April
  27, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 133, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 1748 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1748 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor