81R4772 SJM-D
By: Brown of Brazos H.B. No. 746
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to making underused classrooms of public institutions of
higher education available for use by other public colleges and
universities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.975 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.975. SHARING OF UNDERUSED CLASSROOMS. (a) A public
institution of higher education shall make the institution's
classrooms not scheduled for use by the institution or by students,
student organizations, or faculty of the institution between 6 p.m.
and 10 p.m. on one or more weekdays available for that day to
another public institution of higher education on request for
teaching courses in the core curriculum, as defined by Section
61.821, or continuing education courses.
(b) An institution of higher education may not impose a
charge on another institution for the use of a classroom under this
section.
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.