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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting state funding to public junior colleges for |
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physical education courses offered for joint high school and junior |
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college credit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 130.008, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) The contact hours attributable to the enrollment of a |
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high school student in a course offered for joint high school and |
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junior college credit under this section, excluding a course for |
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which the student attending high school may receive course credit |
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toward the physical education curriculum requirement under Section |
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28.002(a)(2)(C), shall be included in the contact hours used to |
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determine the junior college's proportionate share of the state |
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money appropriated and distributed to public junior colleges under |
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Sections 130.003 and 130.0031, even if the junior college waives |
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all or part of the tuition or fees for the student under Subsection |
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(b). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with funding for the |
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2011 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 419 passed the Senate on |
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April 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 419 passed the House on |
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May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |