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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the funding of dual credit courses provided by 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 61.059, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (s) to read as follows: |
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(s) In devising its funding formulas under this section and |
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Section 130.003 for dual credit courses, including courses for |
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joint high school and junior college credit under Section 130.008, |
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the board shall ensure that an institution of higher education |
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receives the same level of funding for providing a dual credit |
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course as every other institution of higher education receives for |
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providing the same course or a substantially similar course. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |