86R2206 KJE-D
 
  By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 251
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and
  independent school districts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (g-1) and adding Subsections (g-2) and (g-3) to
  read as follows:
         (g-1)  A public junior college with a service area located
  wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three
  million shall enter into an agreement with each school district
  located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than
  three million to offer one or more courses as provided by this
  section.  [A student enrolled in a school district to which this
  subsection applies may enroll in a course at any junior college that
  has entered into an agreement with the district to offer the course
  under this subsection.]
         (g-2)  A public junior college may enter into an agreement
  with any school district located in a county in which the service
  area of the junior college is wholly or partly located or in a
  county adjacent to a county in which the service area of the junior
  college is wholly or partly located to offer one or more courses as
  provided by this section.
         (g-3)  A high school student enrolled in a school district
  may enroll in a course at any public junior college that has entered
  into an agreement with the district to offer the course under this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2019 fall
  semester.
         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.