S.B. No. 1343
AN ACT
relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher
education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a
degree.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Section 61.0595, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(d) The following are not counted for purposes of
determining whether the student has previously earned the number of
semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a):
(1) semester credit hours earned by the student before
receiving an associate or [a] baccalaureate degree that has
previously been awarded to the student;
(2) semester credit hours earned by the student by
examination or under any other procedure by which credit is earned
without registering for a course for which tuition is charged;
(3) credit for a remedial education course, a
technical course, a workforce education course funded according to
contact hours, a dual credit course for which the student received
credit toward a high school diploma, or another course that does not
count toward a degree program at the institution; and
(4) semester credit hours earned by the student at a
private institution or an out-of-state institution.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
61.0595, Education Code, applies beginning with the funding
recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the
2011-2012 academic year.
SECTION 3. 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1343 passed the Senate on
May 4, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2009, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1343 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 148,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor