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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to applying credit earned by a student at a general |
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academic teaching institution to an associate's degree at a |
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lower-division institution of higher education previously attended |
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by the student. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 61.833, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) This section applies to a student enrolled in a general |
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academic teaching institution who: |
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(1) transferred to the institution from or previously |
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attended a lower-division institution of higher education; |
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(2) earned at least 30 credit hours for course work |
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successfully completed at the lower-division institution of higher |
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education; and |
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(3) has earned a cumulative total of at least 66 [90] |
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credit hours for course work successfully completed. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Subsection |
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(b), Section 61.833, Education Code, applies beginning with the |
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2013 fall semester. A semester or other academic term before the |
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2013 fall semester is covered by the applicable law as it existed |
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before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2013. |