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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to excess undergraduate credit hours at public |
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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 61.0595(d), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The following are not counted for purposes of |
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determining whether the student has previously earned the number of |
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semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a): |
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(1) semester credit hours earned by the student before |
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receiving a baccalaureate degree that has previously been awarded |
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to the student; |
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(2) semester credit hours earned by the student by |
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examination or under any other procedure by which credit is earned |
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without registering for a course for which tuition is charged; |
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(3) credit for a remedial education course, a |
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technical course, a workforce education course funded according to |
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contact hours, or another course that does not count toward a degree |
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program at the institution; |
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(4) semester credit hours earned by the student at a |
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private institution or an out-of-state institution; [and] |
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(5) semester credit hours earned by the student before |
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graduating from high school and used to satisfy high school |
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graduation requirements; and |
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(6) not more than 20 semester credit hours earned by |
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the student in working toward an associate's degree awarded to the |
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student that do not count toward the baccalaureate degree program |
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in which the student is enrolled. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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61.0595, Education Code, applies beginning with the funding |
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recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the |
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2017-2018 academic year. |
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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, 2015. |