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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to |
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issue reports on the transferability of credit. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Sections 51.400, 51.4033, and 51.4034 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 51.400. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: |
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(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board. |
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(2) "General academic teaching institution," |
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"institution of higher education," and "public junior college" have |
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the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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Sec. 51.4033. REPORT OF NONTRANSFERABLE CREDIT. (a) Not |
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later than March 1 of each year and in the form prescribed by the |
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coordinating board, each general academic teaching institution |
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shall provide to the coordinating board and the legislature a |
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report describing any courses in the Lower-Division Academic Course |
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Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board for |
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which a student who transfers to the institution from another |
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institution of higher education is not granted: |
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(1) academic credit at the receiving institution; or |
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(2) if the student has declared a major and has not |
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changed majors, academic credit toward the student's major at the |
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receiving institution. |
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(b) A report required by this section must indicate: |
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(1) the course name and type; |
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(2) which institution of higher education provided |
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academic credit for the course; and |
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(3) the reason why the receiving institution did not |
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grant academic credit for the course as described by Subsection |
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(a). |
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Sec. 51.4034. REPORT OF COURSES TAKEN AT JUNIOR COLLEGES. |
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(a) Not later than March 1 of each year and in the form prescribed |
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by the coordinating board, each public junior college shall provide |
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to the coordinating board and the legislature a report on courses |
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taken by students who, during the preceding academic year, |
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transferred to a general academic teaching institution or earned an |
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associate degree at the college. |
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(b) A report required by this section must include the total |
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number of: |
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(1) courses attempted and completed at the college, |
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including the total number of semester credit hours for those |
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courses, disaggregated by whether the course is in: |
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(A) the Workforce Education Course Manual or its |
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successor adopted by the coordinating board; or |
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(B) the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide |
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Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board; |
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(2) courses attempted and completed at the college |
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that are not in the recommended core curriculum developed by the |
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coordinating board under Section 61.822; and |
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(3) dual credit courses, including courses for joint |
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high school and junior college credit under Section 130.008, |
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attempted and completed at the college. |
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SECTION 2. Each public institution of higher education |
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required to submit a report under Section 51.4033 or 51.4034, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, shall submit the first report |
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not later than March 1, 2021. |
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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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 502 passed the Senate on |
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April 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2019, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 502 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, |
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Nays 1, two present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |