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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to curriculum requirements in American and Texas history |
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at institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.302(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a college or |
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university receiving state support or state aid from public funds |
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may not grant a baccalaureate degree or a lesser degree or academic |
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certificate to any person unless the person has credit for six |
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semester hours or its equivalent from courses providing a |
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comprehensive survey of [in] American History. A student is |
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entitled to submit as much as three semester hours of credit or its |
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equivalent from courses providing a comprehensive survey of [in] |
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Texas History in partial satisfaction of this requirement. The |
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college or university may determine that a student has satisfied |
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this requirement in whole or part on the basis of credit granted to |
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the student by the college or university for a substantially |
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equivalent survey course completed at another accredited college or |
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university, or on the basis of the student's successful completion |
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of an advanced standing examination administered on the conditions |
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and under the circumstances common for the college or university's |
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advanced standing examinations. The college or university may |
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grant as much as three semester hours of credit or its equivalent |
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toward satisfaction of this requirement for substantially |
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equivalent work completed by a student in the program of an approved |
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senior R.O.T.C. unit. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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the curriculum requirements established for a degree or certificate |
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program offered by an institution of higher education beginning |
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with undergraduate students who initially enroll in the institution |
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for the 2014 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |