82R8319 JRJ-D
By: Legler H.B. No. 1508
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing certain public junior colleges to offer a
baccalaureate degree in nursing.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.0012, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
authorize:
(1) public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate
degree programs in the fields of applied science and applied
technology under this section; and
(2) one public junior college to offer a baccalaureate
degree program in the field of nursing under this section if the
public junior college has not more than three campuses located in a
county with a population greater than 3.3 million at the time the
degree is initially offered.
(a-1) Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this
section does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public
junior college.
(d) A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree
program in the fields of applied science and applied technology
under this section may not offer more than five baccalaureate
degree programs at any time. The degree programs are subject to the
continuing approval of the coordinating board.
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, 2011.