H.B. No. 2480
AN ACT
relating to agreements with public junior colleges for courses for
joint high school and junior college credit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (d-1) to read as follows:
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (d-1), a public junior
college may enter into an agreement with a school district,
organization, or other person that operates a high school to offer a
course as provided by this section regardless of whether the high
school is located within the service area of the junior college
district.
(d-1) A public junior college may enter into an agreement
described by Subsection (d) with respect to a high school located
within the service area of another junior college district only if
the other junior college district is unable to provide the
requested course to the satisfaction of the school district.
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, 2009.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2480 was passed by the House on April
28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2480 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2480 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor