86R10790 KJE-D
 
  By: Ramos H.B. No. 1943
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the inclusion of transfer pathways in the guidelines
  addressing transfer practices published by general academic
  teaching institutions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.830, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 61.830.  PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES ADDRESSING TRANSFER
  PRACTICES.  (a)  In the institution's [its] course catalogs and on
  the institution's Internet [its] website, each institution of
  higher education shall publish guidelines addressing the practices
  of the institution regarding the transfer of course credit. In the
  guidelines, the institution must identify a course by using the
  common course numbering system approved by the board.
         (b)  Each general academic teaching institution shall
  include in the guidelines published on the institution's Internet
  website under Subsection (a) a transfer pathway for each major in
  the top 25 majors at the institution for which students most
  frequently transfer to the institution.  A transfer pathway must
  identify:
               (1)  the lower division course requirements for the
  major, including the core curriculum requirements; and
               (2)  each course that may be transferred to the
  institution from a public junior college for course credit applied
  toward the major or the core curriculum.
         (c)  A general academic teaching institution shall annually
  review and, if necessary, update each transfer pathway required
  under Subsection (b).
         SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2020, each general
  academic teaching institution shall develop and publish the
  transfer pathways required under Section 61.830, Education Code, as
  amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.