|  | 
         
            |  | 
         
            |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
         
            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public | 
         
            |  | junior colleges. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 130.306, Education Code, is amended by | 
         
            |  | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b) to read as | 
         
            |  | follows: | 
         
            |  | (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a [ A] public | 
         
            |  | junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program under this | 
         
            |  | subchapter may not offer more than five baccalaureate degree | 
         
            |  | programs at any time. | 
         
            |  | (b)  At any time, South Texas College may not offer more than | 
         
            |  | six baccalaureate degree programs under this subchapter, one of | 
         
            |  | which must be a bachelor of applied science degree in child and | 
         
            |  | family development. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  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, 2023. |