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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and |
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independent school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (g-1) and adding Subsections (g-2) and (g-3) to |
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read as follows: |
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(g-1) A public junior college with a service area located |
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wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three |
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million shall enter into an agreement with each school district |
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located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than |
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three million to offer one or more courses as provided by this |
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section. [A student enrolled in a school district to which this
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subsection applies may enroll in a course at any junior college that
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has entered into an agreement with the district to offer the course
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under this subsection.] |
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(g-2) A public junior college may enter into an agreement |
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with any school district located in a county in which the service |
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area of the junior college is wholly or partly located or in a |
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county adjacent to a county in which the service area of the junior |
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college is wholly or partly located to offer one or more courses as |
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provided by this section. |
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(g-3) A high school student enrolled in a school district |
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may enroll in a course at any public junior college that has entered |
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into an agreement with the district to offer the course under this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019 fall |
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semester. |
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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. |