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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study and report regarding best practices in the |
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transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher |
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education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0667 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0667. STUDY ON BEST PRACTICES IN CREDIT TRANSFER. |
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(a) The board shall conduct a study to identify best practices in |
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ensuring that courses transferred to an institution of higher |
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education for course credit, including courses offered for dual |
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credit, apply toward a degree program at the institution. |
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(b) The study must: |
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(1) evaluate existing articulation agreements that |
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govern the transfer of course credit between institutions of higher |
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education; and |
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(2) identify those institutions of higher education |
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that are implementing the best practices identified under |
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Subsection (a). |
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(c) On request, an institution of higher education shall |
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provide information to the board as necessary for the board to |
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perform its duties under this section. |
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(d) Not later than November 1, 2018, the board shall submit |
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to the legislature the results of its study under this section and |
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recommendations for legislative or other action. |
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(e) This section expires September 1, 2019. |
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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. |