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1		-	84R29390 JSL-D
2		-	By: Seliger S.B. No. 1189
3		-	(Zerwas)
4		-	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1189: No.
	1	+	S.B. No. 1189
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7		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	4		AN ACT
9	5		relating to the establishment of a multidisciplinary studies
10	6		associate degree program at each public junior college.
11	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	8		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
13	9		amended by adding Section 130.0104 to read as follows:
14	10		Sec. 130.0104. MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES ASSOCIATE DEGREE
15	11		PROGRAM. (a) The governing board of each public junior college
16	12		district shall establish a multidisciplinary studies associate
17	13		degree program at each junior college in the district.
18	14		(b) A multidisciplinary studies associate degree program
19	15		established at a junior college under this section must require a
20	16		student to successfully complete:
21	17		(1) the junior college's core curriculum adopted under
22	18		Section 61.822(b); and
23	19		(2) after completion of the core curriculum under
24	20		Subdivision (1), the courses selected by the student in the
25	21		student's degree plan completed under Subsection (c).
26	22		(c) Notwithstanding Section 51.9685, before the beginning
27	23		of the regular semester or term immediately following the semester
28	24		or term in which a student successfully completes a cumulative
29	25		total of 30 or more semester credit hours for coursework in a
30	26		multidisciplinary studies associate degree program established
31	27		under this section, the student must meet with an academic advisor
32	28		to complete a degree plan, as defined by Section 51.9685(a)(1),
33	29		that:
34	30		(1) accounts for all remaining credit hours required
35	31		for the completion of the degree program; and
36	32		(2) emphasizes:
37	33		(A) the student's transition to a particular
38	34		four-year college or university that the student chooses; and
39	35		(B) preparations for the student's intended
40	36		field of study or major at the four-year college or university.
41	37		(d) The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary
42	38		for the administration of this section, including rules ensuring
43	39		that:
44	40		(1) a multidisciplinary studies associate degree
45	41		program is established at each public junior college; and
46	42		(2) the common application form adopted under Section
47	43		51.762 contains a description of multidisciplinary studies
48	44		associate degree programs established under this section.
49	45		SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating
50	46		Board shall adopt the rules required by Section 130.0104, Education
51	47		Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the
52	48		effective date of this Act. For that purpose, the coordinating
53	49		board may adopt the initial rules in the manner provided by law for
54	50		emergency rules.
55	51		(b) The governing board of each public junior college
56	52		district shall offer a multidisciplinary studies associate degree
57	53		program at each junior college in the district as required by
58	54		Section 130.0104, Education Code, as added by this Act, beginning
59	55		with the 2016 fall semester.
60	56		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
61	57		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
62	58		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
63	59		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
64	60		Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
	61	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	62	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	63	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1189 passed the Senate on
	64	+	April 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
	65	+	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2015, by the
	66	+	following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	67	+	______________________________
	68	+	Secretary of the Senate
	69	+	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1189 passed the House, with
	70	+	amendment, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 130,
	71	+	Nays 8, two present not voting.
	72	+	______________________________
	73	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	74	+	Approved:
	75	+	______________________________
	76	+	Date
	77	+	______________________________
	78	+	Governor