85R6856 KSD-D
By: Blanco H.B. No. 2673
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the development of transferable degree or certificate
program curricula for which qualified veterans or military service
members may be awarded course credit based on military service.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.835 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.835. TRANSFERABLE COLLEGE CREDIT FOR HEROES
CURRICULA. (a) To promote the purposes of the College Credit for
Heroes program established under Section 302.0031, Labor Code, the
board, in consultation with the Texas Workforce Commission, the
Texas Veterans Commission, and institutions of higher education,
shall:
(1) develop standardized curricula within degree and
certificate programs commonly offered by institutions of higher
education toward which qualified veterans or military service
members may be awarded appropriate academic credit for experience,
education, and training earned during military service; and
(2) require the transferability between institutions
of higher education of course credit for curricula developed under
this section that is awarded to qualified veterans or military
service members.
(b) The board shall adopt rules for the administration of
this section.
SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
shall adopt the initial rules required by Section 61.835, Education
Code, as added by this Act, not later than May 1, 2018.
SECTION 3. 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, 2017.