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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the degrees awarded by the Texas State Technical |
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College System. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 135.011, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 135.011. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter [section]: |
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(1) "Board" means the board of regents of the Texas |
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State Technical College System. |
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(2) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board. |
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(3) "System" means the Texas State Technical College |
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System. |
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(4) "Faculty research" means research using the |
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system's facilities and equipment that is: |
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(A) consistent with the system's mission; and |
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(B) funded by private sources, competitively |
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acquired sources, or appropriated public funding. |
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(5) "Campus" means a residential unit of the system |
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that grants associate degrees and certificates. |
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(6) "Extension center" means a site, operating under |
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the administration of a campus, that has an extension program. |
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(7) "Extension program" includes credit and noncredit |
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instruction in technical-vocational education. |
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SECTION 2. Section 135.51, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 135.51. CERTIFICATES, DIPLOMAS, AND ASSOCIATE |
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DEGREES. (a) The board shall prescribe and award associate of |
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applied science degrees, certificates, and diplomas limited to |
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those appropriate to technical education. |
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(b) The board may offer and award an associate of science |
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degree in a field of study at Texas State Technical |
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College--Harlingen if the coordinating board determines that the |
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degree in that field of study: |
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(1) is appropriate to the role and mission of the |
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system; and |
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(2) meets the educational or workforce needs of the |
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region in which the campus is located. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |