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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that developmental coursework required |
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for entering undergraduate students at four-year public |
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institutions of higher education be completed at a public junior |
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college. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (i-2) and amending Subsections (l) and (m) to |
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read as follows: |
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(i-2) A general academic teaching institution that refers a |
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student to developmental coursework under Subsection (i) must |
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require the student, before enrolling in any coursework at the |
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institution, to complete the developmental coursework at a public |
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junior college rather than at the institution. If the student was |
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admitted to the general academic teaching institution under |
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Subchapter U, the student is eligible to enroll in the institution |
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when the student successfully completes the developmental |
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coursework. |
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(l) The legislature shall appropriate money to public |
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junior colleges, public technical institutes, and public state |
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colleges for approved non-degree-credit developmental courses, |
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except that legislative appropriations may not be used for |
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developmental coursework taken by a student in excess of[:
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[(1)
18 semester credit hours, for a general academic
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teaching institution; and
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[(2)] 27 semester [credit] hours[, for a public junior
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college, public technical institute, or public state college]. |
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(m) The board may develop formulas to supplement the funding |
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of developmental academic programs by institutions of higher |
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education other than general academic teaching institutions, |
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including formulas for supplementing the funding of |
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non-course-based programs. The board may develop a performance |
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funding formula by which those institutions may receive additional |
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funding for each student who completes the Success Initiative |
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established under this section and then successfully completes |
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college coursework. The legislature may appropriate the money |
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required to provide the additional funding under those formulas. |
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SECTION 2. A general academic teaching institution shall |
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transfer to the applicable public junior college any funding |
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received by the institution in the state fiscal biennium ending |
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August 31, 2013, for services rendered by the public junior college |
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under Section 51.3062(i-2), Education Code, as added by this Act, |
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to a student enrolled in the general academic teaching institution. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with entering undergraduate students at general academic |
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teaching institutions for the 2012 fall semester. A student who |
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enters a general academic teaching institution before the 2012 fall |
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semester is covered by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |