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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain duties of public junior colleges and the Texas |
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Higher Education Coordinating Board in relation to baccalaureate |
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degree programs offered by public junior colleges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.0012(f), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(f) Each public junior college that offers a baccalaureate |
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degree program under this section must enter into an articulation |
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agreement for the first five years of the program with one or more |
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general academic teaching institutions to ensure that students |
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enrolled in the degree program have an opportunity to complete the |
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degree if the public junior college ceases to offer the degree |
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program. The coordinating board may require a general academic |
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teaching institution that offers a comparable degree program to |
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enter into an articulation agreement with the public junior college |
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as provided by this subsection. |
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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, 2013. |