By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 850
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
applies to a certificate or associate's degree at the providing
institution; 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 effects September 1, 2011.