By: Jackson S.B. No. 1176
(Vo)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of a postsecondary program in regard to
non-baccalaureate career schools and colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 132.001, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (15) to read as follows:
(15) "Postsecondary program" means a program that
requires a student to have a high school diploma or high school
equivalency certificate, or requires that the person be beyond the
age of compulsory education. A program of instruction in yoga or
that trains persons to teach yoga is not considered a postsecondary
program.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.