81R25863 SJM-F
By: Menendez, Corte, McClendon, Castro, H.B. No. 2518
McReynolds
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2518:
By: Castro C.S.H.B. No. 2518
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer
baccalaureate degree programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 130.0012(a) and (b), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
authorize a public junior college [colleges] to offer a
baccalaureate degree program that qualifies under Subsection (e)
if:
(1) the program is [programs] in the field [fields] of
applied science or [and] applied technology; or
(2) the public junior college previously participated
in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate degree programs [under
this section. Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this
section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public
junior college].
(b) Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this
section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public
junior college. [The coordinating board shall authorize
baccalaureate degree programs at each public junior college that
previously participated in a pilot project to offer baccalaureate
degree programs.]
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.