| By: West | S.B. No. 2210 | |
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| 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 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, or another course that does not count toward a degree | ||
| program at the institution; [ |
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| (4) semester credit hours earned by the student at a | ||
| private institution or an out-of-state institution; and | ||
| (5) in addition to semester credit hours excluded | ||
| under another provision of this subsection, not more than 30 | ||
| semester credit hours earned through one or more dual credit | ||
| courses for which the student received credit toward a high school | ||
| diploma, if those courses are identified by the board as | ||
| lower-division courses appropriate for general academic transfer | ||
| between institutions of higher education. | ||
| 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. | ||