S.B. No. 1343
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher
  education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a
  degree.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (d), Section 61.0595, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (d)  The following are not counted for purposes of
  determining whether the student has previously earned the number of
  semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a):
               (1)  semester credit hours earned by the student before
  receiving an associate or [a] baccalaureate degree that has
  previously been awarded to the student;
               (2)  semester credit hours earned by the student by
  examination or under any other procedure by which credit is earned
  without registering for a course for which tuition is charged;
               (3)  credit for a remedial education course, a
  technical course, a workforce education course funded according to
  contact hours, a dual credit course for which the student received
  credit toward a high school diploma, or another course that does not
  count toward a degree program at the institution; and
               (4)  semester credit hours earned by the student at a
  private institution or an out-of-state institution.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  61.0595, Education Code, applies beginning with the funding
  recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the
  2011-2012 academic year.
         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.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1343 passed the Senate on
  May 4, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
  Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2009, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1343 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148,
  Nays 0, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor