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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an occupational and life skills associate degree |
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program offered by the Lone Star College System District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0105. OCCUPATIONAL AND LIFE SKILLS ASSOCIATE |
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DEGREE PROGRAM. (a) The governing board of the Lone Star College |
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System District may establish an occupational and life skills |
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associate degree program at each junior college in the district. |
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(b) An occupational and life skills associate degree |
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program established at a junior college under this section must |
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require a student to successfully complete: |
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(1) the junior college's core curriculum adopted under |
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Section 61.822(b); and |
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(2) after completion of the core curriculum under |
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Subdivision (1), the courses selected by the student in the |
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student's degree plan. |
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(c) The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary |
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for the administration of this section. |
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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, 2017. |