82R7102 KEL-D By: Patrick H.B. No. 3721 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to formula funding for certain semester credit hours earned for dual course credit. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (p) to read as follows: (p) In its instruction and operations formula applicable to an institution of higher education, the board shall include any semester credit hours earned for dual course credit at the institution through any of the following: (1) a course in the core curriculum; (2) a career and technical education course that is taught as part of a multicourse sequence with at least two other career and technical education courses; and (3) a foreign language course. 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.