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1	1	By: Birdwell S.B. No. 922
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2013; March 12, 2013,
3	3	read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
4	4	April 11, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 11, 2013, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to partnerships between the Texas State Technical College
11	11	System and public junior colleges.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Chapter 135, Education Code, is amended by
14	14	adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
15	15	SUBCHAPTER D. PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN TEXAS STATE TECHNICAL COLLEGE
16	16	SYSTEM AND PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES
17	17	Sec. 135.101. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "public
18	18	junior college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
19	19	Sec. 135.102. PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTS. (a) With the
20	20	approval of the coordinating board, the board and a public junior
21	21	college may enter into a partnership agreement designed to
22	22	coordinate the management and operations of the institutions and to
23	23	enhance the delivery of technical education programs across this
24	24	state. The agreement does not abrogate the powers and duties of the
25	25	boards with regard to the governance of their respective
26	26	institutions.
27	27	(b) A partnership agreement under this subchapter must:
28	28	(1) provide that the participating institutions, in
29	29	conjunction with the local community, identify and offer courses
30	30	that will meet the educational and workforce development goals for
31	31	the region;
32	32	(2) provide that program offerings receive approval
33	33	from the coordinating board;
34	34	(3) provide for the distribution of responsibilities
35	35	regarding specific program offerings and resulting awards;
36	36	(4) provide for the distribution of tuition, fees, and
37	37	state funds associated with formula funding regarding program
38	38	offerings; and
39	39	(5) comply with applicable rules of the coordinating
40	40	board relating to contractual agreements.
41	41	(c) A partnership agreement between the system and a public
42	42	junior college under this subchapter is considered to be in
43	43	compliance with Sections 135.04(b) and (c).
44	44	Sec. 135.103. JOINT USE OF PERSONNEL. The governing boards
45	45	of the participating institutions may fill by joint appointment any
46	46	administrative, faculty, or support position necessary for the
47	47	operation of the institutions.
48	48	Sec. 135.104. SUPPORT SERVICES. The governing boards of
49	49	the participating institutions may assign the management and
50	50	operation of selected services, including maintenance of buildings
51	51	and grounds, operation of auxiliary enterprises, and operation of a
52	52	jointly supported library, to one of the institutions in order to
53	53	achieve cost-effectiveness.
54	54	Sec. 135.105. FACILITIES. (a) The participating
55	55	institutions may, under the terms of the partnership agreement,
56	56	make provisions for adequate physical facilities for use by the
57	57	institutions.
58	58	(b) The participating institutions may individually or
59	59	collectively lease, purchase, finance, construct, or rehabilitate
60	60	physical facilities under this section appropriate to partnership
61	61	needs. The owning or financing of facilities under this section
62	62	promotes the public purpose of supporting higher education and
63	63	further promotes the public purpose of developing and diversifying
64	64	the economy of this state and eliminating unemployment and
65	65	underemployment in this state under the authority granted by
66	66	Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
67	67	(c) A participating institution of higher education may
68	68	lease facilities from or to another participating institution for
69	69	administrative and instructional purposes.
70	70	(d) Participating institutions may solicit, accept, and
71	71	administer, on terms and conditions acceptable to the participating
72	72	institutions, gifts, grants, or donations of any kind and from any
73	73	source for facilities and equipment.
74	74	(e) A facility used for the purposes of a partnership
75	75	agreement under this subchapter is not considered a facility used
76	76	to operate an extension program under Section 135.06.
77	77	Sec. 135.106. STATE FUNDING. The system is entitled to
78	78	receive state appropriations on the same formula basis as if the
79	79	system did not enter into a partnership agreement under this
80	80	subchapter, and any other participating institution of higher
81	81	education is entitled to state appropriations on the same formula
82	82	basis as other similar institutions of higher education.
83	83	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
84	84	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
85	85	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
86	86	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
87	87	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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