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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to excluding a provider of recreational classes that do |
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not lead to an educational credential from regulation as a career |
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school or college. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 132.001(1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(1) "Career school or college" means any business |
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enterprise operated for a profit or on a nonprofit basis that |
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maintains a place of business within this state or solicits |
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business within this state, that is not specifically exempted by |
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this chapter, and: |
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(A) that offers or maintains a course or courses |
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of instruction or study as a part of a program of instruction; or |
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(B) at which place of business [such] a course or |
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courses of instruction or study as a part of a program of |
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instruction are available through classroom instruction or by |
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distance education, or both, to a person for the purpose of training |
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or preparing the person for a field of endeavor in a business, |
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trade, technical, or industrial occupation, or for avocational or |
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personal improvement. |
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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. |