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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing certain public junior colleges to offer a |
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baccalaureate degree in nursing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.0012, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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authorize: |
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(1) public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate |
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degree programs in the fields of applied science and applied |
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technology under this section; and |
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(2) one public junior college to offer a baccalaureate |
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degree program in the field of nursing under this section if the |
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public junior college has not more than three campuses located in a |
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county with a population greater than 3.3 million at the time the |
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degree is initially offered. |
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(a-1) 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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(d) A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree |
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program in the fields of applied science and applied technology |
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under this section may not offer more than five baccalaureate |
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degree programs at any time. The degree programs are subject to the |
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continuing approval of the coordinating board. |
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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, 2011. |