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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to formula funding for certain semester credit hours |
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earned for dual course credit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (p) and (p-1) to read as follows: |
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(p) In its instruction and operations formula applicable to |
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an institution of higher education, the board may not include any |
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semester credit hours earned for dual course credit by a high school |
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student for high school and college credit at the institution |
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unless those credit hours are earned through any of the following: |
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(1) a course in the core curriculum of the institution |
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providing course credit; |
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(2) a career and technical education course that |
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applies to any certificate or associate's degree offered by the |
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institution providing course credit; or |
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(3) a foreign language course. |
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(p-1) Subsection (p) does not apply to a course completed by |
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a student as part of the early college education program |
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established under Section 29.908. |
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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. |