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1	1	81R12120 KEL-D
2	2	By: Hunter H.B. No. 3974
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the exemption of certain maritime courses of
8	8	instruction from proprietary school certification.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 132.002(a), Education Code, is amended
11	11	to read as follows:
12	12	(a) The following schools or educational institutions may
13	13	be exempted from this chapter by the commission under Subsection
14	14	(d):
15	15	(1) a school or educational institution supported by
16	16	taxation from either a local or state source;
17	17	(2) a nonprofit school owned, controlled, operated,
18	18	and conducted by a bona fide religious, denominational,
19	19	eleemosynary, or similar public institution exempt from property
20	20	taxation under the laws of this state;
21	21	(3) a school or training program that offers
22	22	instruction of purely avocational or recreational subjects as
23	23	determined by the commission;
24	24	(4) a course or courses of instruction or study
25	25	sponsored by an employer for the training and preparation of its own
26	26	employees, and for which no tuition fee is charged to the student;
27	27	(5) a course or courses of study or instruction
28	28	sponsored by a recognized trade, business, or professional
29	29	organization for the instruction of the members of the organization
30	30	with a closed membership;
31	31	(6) a private college or university that awards a
32	32	recognized baccalaureate, or higher degree, and that maintains and
33	33	operates educational programs for which a majority of the credits
34	34	given are transferable to a college, junior college, or university
35	35	supported entirely or partly by taxation from either a local or
36	36	state source;
37	37	(7) a school or course that is otherwise regulated and
38	38	approved under and pursuant to any other law or rulemaking process
39	39	of this state or approved for continuing education credit by an
40	40	organization that accredits courses for the maintenance of a
41	41	license, except as provided by Subsection (c);
42	42	(8) an aviation school or instructor approved by and
43	43	under the supervision of the Federal Aviation Administration;
44	44	(9) a school that offers intensive review of a
45	45	student's acquired education, training, or experience to prepare
46	46	the student for an examination, other than a high school
47	47	equivalency examination, that the student by law may not take
48	48	unless the student has completed or substantially completed a
49	49	particular degree program, or that the student is required to take
50	50	as a precondition for enrollment in or admission to a particular
51	51	degree program;
52	52	(10) a private school offering primary or secondary
53	53	education, which may include a kindergarten or prekindergarten
54	54	program, and that satisfies the compulsory attendance requirements
55	55	of Section 25.085 pursuant to Section 25.086(a)(1);
56	56	(11) a course or courses of instruction by bona fide
57	57	electrical trade associations for the purpose of preparing students
58	58	for electrical tests required for licensing and for the purpose of
59	59	providing continuing education to students for the renewal of
60	60	electrical licenses;
61	61	(12) a nonprofit arts organization that has as its
62	62	primary purpose the provision of instruction in the dramatic arts
63	63	and the communications media to persons younger than 19 years of
64	64	age;
65	65	(13) a course or training program conducted by a
66	66	nonprofit association of air conditioning and refrigeration
67	67	contractors approved by the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
68	68	Contractors Advisory Board to provide instruction for technical,
69	69	business, or license examination preparation programs relating to
70	70	air conditioning and refrigeration contracting, as that term is
71	71	defined by Chapter 1302, Occupations Code;
72	72	(14) a course of instruction by a plumbing trade
73	73	association to prepare students for a plumbing test or program
74	74	required for licensing, certification, or endorsement or to provide
75	75	continuing education approved by the Texas State Board of Plumbing
76	76	Examiners; [and]
77	77	(15) a course of instruction in the use of
78	78	technological hardware or software if the course is offered to a
79	79	purchaser of the hardware or software or to the purchaser's
80	80	employee by a person who manufactures and sells, or develops and
81	81	sells, the hardware or software, and if the seller is not primarily
82	82	in the business of providing courses of instruction in the use of
83	83	the hardware or software, as determined by the commission; and
84	84	(16) a maritime school that is approved by and is under
85	85	the supervision of the United States Coast Guard.
86	86	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
87	87	to a course of instruction beginning on or after the effective date
88	88	of this Act. A course of instruction beginning before the effective
89	89	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the course
90	90	began, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
91	91	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.