By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1004
(Thompson of Harris)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to courses and programs offered jointly by certain public
junior colleges and independent school districts.
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) 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 shall enter into an agreement with each
school district located wholly or partly in a county with a
population of more than three million to offer one or more courses
as provided by this section. A student enrolled in a school
district to which this subsection applies may enroll in a course at
any junior college that has entered into an agreement with the
district to offer the course under this subsection. Subsection (f)
does not apply to a student who seeks to enroll in a course under
this subsection.
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. Section 130.008(g), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2016 spring semester.
SECTION 6. 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.