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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 certain public junior |
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colleges and 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 Subsection (g-2) to read as |
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follows: |
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(g-1) A public junior college to which this subsection |
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applies [with a service area located wholly or partly in a county
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with a population of more than three million] shall enter into an |
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agreement with each school district located wholly or partly in a |
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county in which the junior college district's service area is |
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wholly or partly located [with a population of more than three
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million] to offer one or more courses as provided by this section. |
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A student enrolled in a school district to which this subsection |
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applies may enroll in a course at any junior college that has |
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entered into an agreement with the district to offer the course |
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under this subsection. |
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(g-2) Subsection (g-1) applies only to a public junior |
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college in: |
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(1) the Blinn College District; |
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(2) the Houston Community College System District; |
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(3) the Lee College District; |
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(4) the Lone Star College System District; or |
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(5) the San Jacinto College District. |
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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. |
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