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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer |
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baccalaureate degree programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 130.0012(a) and (b), Education Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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authorize a public junior college [colleges] to offer a |
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baccalaureate degree program that qualifies under Subsection (e) |
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if: |
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(1) the program is [programs] in the field [fields] of |
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applied science or [and] applied technology; or |
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(2) the public junior college previously participated |
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in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate degree programs [under
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this section.
Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this
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section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public
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junior college]. |
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(b) Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this |
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section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public |
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junior college. [The coordinating board shall authorize
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baccalaureate degree programs at each public junior college that
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previously participated in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate
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degree programs.] |
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SECTION 2. 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. |