81R22274 KEL-F
By: Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 101
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 101:
By: Branch C.S.H.B. No. 101
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher
education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a
degree.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.0595(d), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) The following are not counted for purposes of
determining whether the student has previously earned the number of
semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a):
(1) semester credit hours earned by the student before
receiving a baccalaureate degree that has previously been awarded
to the student;
(2) semester credit hours earned by the student by
examination or under any other procedure by which credit is earned
without registering for a course for which tuition is charged;
(3) credit for a remedial education course, a
technical course, a workforce education course funded according to
contact hours, or another course that does not count toward a degree
program at the institution; [and]
(4) semester credit hours earned by the student at a
private institution or an out-of-state institution; and
(5) semester credit hours earned by the student before
graduating from high school and used to satisfy high school
graduation requirements.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
61.0595, Education Code, applies beginning with the funding
recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the
2011-2012 academic year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2009.