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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for a junior college district to |
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receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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to offer baccalaureate degree programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.307, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] public |
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junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree program under this |
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subchapter only if its junior college district: |
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(1) had a taxable property valuation amount of not |
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less than $6 billion in the preceding year; and |
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(2) received a positive assessment of the overall |
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financial health of the district as reported by the coordinating |
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board. |
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(b-1) The requirement of Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to |
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a nursing degree program offered by Navarro College and approved |
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under Section 130.308. |
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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, 2021. |