| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 2480 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to agreements with public junior colleges for courses for |
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| 6 | 6 | | joint high school and junior college credit. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 9 | 9 | | adding Subsections (d) and (d-1) to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | (d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), a public junior |
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| 11 | 11 | | college may enter into an agreement with a school district, |
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| 12 | 12 | | organization, or other person that operates a high school to offer a |
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| 13 | 13 | | course as provided by this section regardless of whether the high |
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| 14 | 14 | | school is located within the service area of the junior college |
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| 15 | 15 | | district. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (d-1) A public junior college may enter into an agreement |
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| 17 | 17 | | described by Subsection (d) with respect to a high school located |
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| 18 | 18 | | within the service area of another junior college district only if |
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| 19 | 19 | | the other junior college district is unable to provide the |
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| 20 | 20 | | requested course to the satisfaction of the school district. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 26 | 26 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 28 | 28 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2480 was passed by the House on April |
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| 29 | 29 | | 28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 30 | 30 | | voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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| 31 | 31 | | No. 2480 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 1 present, not voting. |
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| 33 | 33 | | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | 34 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 35 | 35 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2480 was passed by the Senate, with |
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| 36 | 36 | | amendments, on May 20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays |
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| 37 | 37 | | 0. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 40 | 40 | | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Date |
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| 42 | 42 | | __________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Governor |
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