84R8410 KJE-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1004
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the school district students to whom certain public
junior colleges may offer certain courses and programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 29.402, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A public junior college with a service area located
wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three
million or in a county adjacent to a county with a population of
more than three million may enter into an articulation agreement
described by Subsection (a) with any school district located wholly
or partly in a county with a population of more than three million.
SECTION 2. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) Subsection (f) does not apply to a student enrolled in a
school district located wholly or partly in a county with a
population of more than three million who seeks to enroll in a
course offered by a junior college with a service area located
wholly or partly in that county or in a county adjacent to that
county.
SECTION 3. Section 130.086, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d-1) to read as follows:
(d-1) Subsection (d) does not apply to a course offered by a
public junior college with a service area located wholly or partly
in a county with a population of more than three million or in a
county adjacent to a county with a population of more than three
million for high school students enrolled in a school district
located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than
three million.
SECTION 4. Section 130.090, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The governing board of a junior college district
located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than
three million or in a county adjacent to a county with a population
of more than three million may contract to provide remedial
programs under Subsection (a) with the governing board of any
independent school district located wholly or partly in a county
with a population of more than three million.
SECTION 5. 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, 2015.