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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of transfer pathways in the guidelines |
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addressing transfer practices published by general academic |
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teaching institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.830, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.830. PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES ADDRESSING TRANSFER |
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PRACTICES. (a) In the institution's [its] course catalogs and on |
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the institution's Internet [its] website, each institution of |
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higher education shall publish guidelines addressing the practices |
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of the institution regarding the transfer of course credit. In the |
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guidelines, the institution must identify a course by using the |
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common course numbering system approved by the board. |
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(b) Each general academic teaching institution shall |
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include in the guidelines published on the institution's Internet |
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website under Subsection (a) a transfer pathway for each major in |
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the top 25 majors at the institution for which students most |
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frequently transfer to the institution. A transfer pathway must |
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identify: |
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(1) the lower division course requirements for the |
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major, including the core curriculum requirements; and |
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(2) each course that may be transferred to the |
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institution from a public junior college for course credit applied |
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toward the major or the core curriculum. |
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(c) A general academic teaching institution shall annually |
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review and, if necessary, update each transfer pathway required |
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under Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, each general |
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academic teaching institution shall develop and publish the |
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transfer pathways required under Section 61.830, Education Code, as |
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amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2019. |