| 1 | 1 | | 82R28477 KEL-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 850 |
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| 3 | 3 | | (Patrick) |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 850: No. |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to formula funding for certain semester credit hours |
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| 10 | 10 | | earned for dual course credit. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 13 | 13 | | adding Subsections (p) and (p-1) to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (p) In its instruction and operations formula applicable to |
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| 15 | 15 | | an institution of higher education, the board may not include any |
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| 16 | 16 | | semester credit hours earned for dual course credit by a high school |
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| 17 | 17 | | student for high school and college credit at the institution |
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| 18 | 18 | | unless those credit hours are earned through any of the following: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) a course in the core curriculum of the institution |
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| 20 | 20 | | providing course credit; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) a career and technical education course that |
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| 22 | 22 | | applies to any certificate or associate's degree offered by the |
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| 23 | 23 | | institution providing course credit; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (3) a foreign language course. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (p-1) Subsection (p) does not apply to a course completed by |
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| 26 | 26 | | a student as part of the early college education program |
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| 27 | 27 | | established under Section 29.908. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 29 | 29 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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