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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the school district students to whom certain public |
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junior colleges may offer certain courses and programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 29.402, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) A public junior college with a service area located |
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wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three |
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million or in a county adjacent to a county with a population of |
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more than three million may enter into an articulation agreement |
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described by Subsection (a) with any school district located wholly |
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or partly in a county with a population of more than three million. |
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SECTION 2. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) Subsection (f) does not apply to a student enrolled in a |
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school district located wholly or partly in a county with a |
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population of more than three million who seeks to enroll in a |
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course offered by a junior college with a service area located |
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wholly or partly in that county or in a county adjacent to that |
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county. |
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SECTION 3. Section 130.086, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Subsection (d) does not apply to a course offered by a |
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public junior college with a service area located wholly or partly |
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in a county with a population of more than three million or in a |
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county adjacent to a county with a population of more than three |
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million for high school students enrolled in a school district |
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located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than |
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three million. |
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SECTION 4. Section 130.090, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The governing board of a junior college district |
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located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than |
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three million or in a county adjacent to a county with a population |
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of more than three million may contract to provide remedial |
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programs under Subsection (a) with the governing board of any |
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independent school district located wholly or partly in a county |
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with a population of more than three million. |
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SECTION 5. 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. |