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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the approval of certain degree programs by the Texas |
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Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.0512(h), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(h) In approving [a degree or certificate program under this
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section, the board:
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[(1)
for a doctoral program, may not consider
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undergraduate graduation or persistence rates; and
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[(2) for] a baccalaureate degree program proposed to |
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be offered by a public junior college previously authorized by the |
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board to offer baccalaureate degree programs under a pilot project |
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described by Section 130.303(a), as added by Chapter 766 (S.B. |
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2118), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, the |
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board [130.0012]: |
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(1) [(A)] shall approve the degree program within 60 |
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days after the date the board receives notice of the degree program |
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if the degree program: |
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(A) [(i)] is approved by the governing board of |
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the junior college district; and |
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(B) [(ii)] is not an engineering program; and |
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(2) [(B)] is considered to have approved the degree |
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program after the date described by Subdivision (1) [Paragraph (A)] |
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if the conditions of that subdivision [paragraph] are satisfied. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |