| |
|
|
COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 |
By: Patrick |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
Amend H.B. 746 (engrossed version) as follows: |
|
|
(1) Strike SECTION 1 entirely. |
|
|
(2) In SECTION 2, on page 1, Line 40 strike "shall" and |
|
|
substitute "may". |
|
|
(3) In SECTION 2, on page 1, line 48, strike "institution of |
|
|
higher education" and substitute "junior college". |
|
|
(4) In SECTION 2, strike subsection (d) entirely (page 1, |
|
|
line 62 through page 2, line 7). |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
| |
|
|
relating to expanding the availability of classrooms and other |
|
|
facilities for use by public colleges and universities. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 130.0103(a), Education Code, is amended |
|
|
to read as follows: |
|
|
(a) The board of trustees of a junior college district may |
|
|
establish and operate a dual usage educational complex to provide a |
|
|
shared facility for the educational activities of the district and |
|
|
other participating entities. The board of trustees may enter into |
|
|
a cooperative agreement governing the operation and use of the |
|
|
complex with the governing bodies of one or more of the following |
|
|
entities: |
|
|
(1) a county, municipality, or school district located |
|
|
in whole or in part in the service area of the junior college |
|
|
district; or |
|
|
(2) another institution of higher education [with a
|
|
|
campus or other educational facility located in the same state
|
|
|
uniform service region as adopted by the coordinating board]. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 51.975 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 51.975. SHARING OF UNDERUSED CLASSROOMS. (a) A public |
|
|
institution of higher education shall make the institution's |
|
|
classrooms not scheduled for use by the institution or by students, |
|
|
student organizations, or faculty of the institution between 5 p.m. |
|
|
and 10 p.m. on one or more weekdays or between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on |
|
|
one or more Saturdays available for that day to another public |
|
|
institution of higher education on request for teaching courses in |
|
|
the core curriculum, as defined by Section 61.821, or continuing |
|
|
education courses. |
|
|
(b) A public institution of higher education that under |
|
|
Subsection (a) makes a classroom available to another institution |
|
|
shall continue to make that classroom, or a comparable classroom, |
|
|
available to the other institution for the duration of the semester |
|
|
or other academic term. |
|
|
(c) An institution of higher education may charge another |
|
|
institution for the use of a classroom under this section at a rate |
|
|
not to exceed the rate permitted for this purpose as determined by |
|
|
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. The coordinating |
|
|
board shall establish those rates in an amount to reimburse the host |
|
|
institution for utility costs and other costs, such as maintenance |
|
|
and custodial services, based on the infrastructure formula funding |
|
|
that the host institution would receive if teaching a course in that |
|
|
space itself for that time. |
|
|
(d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
|
|
submit to the legislature a written report for each semester or |
|
|
summer session regarding each public institution of higher |
|
|
education's classroom utilization rates during the times and on the |
|
|
days specified by Subsection (a). The coordinating board shall |
|
|
submit the report as soon as practicable after each semester or |
|
|
summer session and may include the report in another report made 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, 2009. |
|
|
|
|
|
* * * * * |