82R28477 KEL-F
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 850
(Patrick)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 850: No.
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 Subsections (p) and (p-1) to read as follows:
(p) In its instruction and operations formula applicable to
an institution of higher education, the board may not include any
semester credit hours earned for dual course credit by a high school
student for high school and college credit at the institution
unless those credit hours are earned through any of the following:
(1) a course in the core curriculum of the institution
providing course credit;
(2) a career and technical education course that
applies to any certificate or associate's degree offered by the
institution providing course credit; or
(3) a foreign language course.
(p-1) Subsection (p) does not apply to a course completed by
a student as part of the early college education program
established under Section 29.908.
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.