Amend HB 2425 by adding the appropriately numbered sections
to read as follows and renumber the subsequent sections
accordingly:
SECTION ____. Sections 130.0012(a) and (b), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
authorize a public junior college [colleges] to offer a
baccalaureate degree program that qualifies under Subsection (e)
if:
(1) the program is [programs] in the field [fields] of
applied science or [and] applied technology; or
(2) the public junior college previously participated
in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate degree programs [under
this section. Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this
section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public
junior college].
(b) Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this
section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public
junior college. [The coordinating board shall authorize
baccalaureate degree programs at each public junior college that
previously participated in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate
degree programs.]
SECTION ____. 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, 2009.