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1		-	H.B. No. 1101
	1	+	By: Darby (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 1101
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 1, 2019;
	3	+	April 2, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Administration; April 9, 2019, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to the name of the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the
6	12		Deaf.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Chapter 131, Education Code, is amended to read
9	15		as follows:
10	16		CHAPTER 131. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE [COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE] FOR THE DEAF
11	17		Sec. 131.001. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE [COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE] FOR
12	18		THE DEAF. The Southwest College [Collegiate Institute] for the
13	19		Deaf is a postsecondary educational institution providing
14	20		instruction for hearing-impaired students preparing for a career or
15	21		for enrollment in a senior college or university.
16	22		Sec. 131.002. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The college [institute]
17	23		is under the direct control and management of the board of trustees
18	24		of the Howard Junior College District.
19	25		(b) The college [institute] and its programs shall be
20	26		administered by personnel who are trained and qualified to work
21	27		with hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual
22	28		communication skills.
23	29		Sec. 131.003. LOCATION. The college [institute] is located
24	30		on land deeded to the governing board by the federal Department of
25	31		Education for the purpose of operating the college [institute].
26	32		The governing board may not conduct regular junior college programs
27	33		for students with unimpaired hearing on the college [institute]
28	34		campus except as an integral part of the program offered to
29	35		hearing-impaired students when:
30	36		(1) it is educationally appropriate to enroll hearing
31	37		students in classes for the hearing-impaired; or
32	38		(2) special programs are needed to train hearing and
33	39		hearing-impaired persons to become professional service providers
34	40		for the deaf.
35	41		Sec. 131.004. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. (a) The
36	42		college [institute] shall offer, but is not limited to offering,
37	43		the following courses, programs, and services for hearing-impaired
38	44		post-secondary students:
39	45		(1) learning development services, including academic
40	46		counseling, tutorial services, reading instruction, services to
41	47		counter learning disabilities, and library-related services;
42	48		(2) communications services, including interpreters
43	49		for academic and nonacademic functions, speech therapy, and
44	50		auditory evaluation and training;
45	51		(3) academic college preparatory courses;
46	52		(4) career analysis services designed to assist each
47	53		student in identifying a career interest, considering the student's
48	54		aptitudes, abilities, and skills;
49	55		(5) regular college courses, including vocational and
50	56		technical education and liberal arts courses;
51	57		(6) extracurricular activities, including intramural
52	58		athletics; and
53	59		(7) postgraduation services, including job placement
54	60		services and services designed to orient employers to
55	61		hearing-impaired workers.
56	62		(b) The course work offered by the college [institute] shall
57	63		emphasize self-contained classrooms with instruction conducted by
58	64		instructors who are trained and qualified to work with
59	65		hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual communication
60	66		skills. Hearing-impaired students may enroll in integrated classes
61	67		that are regular classes offered to students with unimpaired
62	68		hearing enrolled in the junior college.
63	69		(c) The programs, services, and facilities of the college
64	70		[institute] shall be designed to be appropriate to the needs of
65	71		hearing-impaired students.
66	72		(d) The executive director shall determine which courses
67	73		offered by the college [institute] are appropriate for an
68	74		electronic display on a screen or terminal, with less than 30
69	75		seconds delay, of a speaker's spoken message. The college
70	76		[institute] shall implement the electronic display in those
71	77		courses.
72	78		Sec. 131.005. TUITION. (a) A Texas resident student
73	79		enrolled in the college [institute] is exempt from tuition fees
74	80		under Section 54.364.
75	81		(b) A student who is not a resident of Texas shall pay
76	82		tuition at a rate that is the lesser of:
77	83		(1) the rate provided by this code for a nonresident
78	84		student enrolled at a general academic teaching institution; or
79	85		(2) a rate determined by the board of trustees and the
80	86		Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board[, Texas College and
81	87		University System] to be the approximate cost to the college
82	88		[institute], not including room and board, of educating a student
83	89		during the academic year beginning the next fall.
84	90		Sec. 131.006. APPROPRIATIONS; GRANTS. (a) The governing
85	91		board of the college [institute] may receive appropriations for the
86	92		college's [institute's] operations only if the board operates the
87	93		college [institute] in compliance with this chapter.
88	94		(b) The board may accept gifts, grants, or donations of
89	95		money or property given to the college [institute] for the
90	96		college's [institute's] exclusive use in carrying out the purposes
91	97		of this subchapter.
92	98		(c) The board may expend appropriated funds for maintenance
93	99		and operation, including the maintenance and operation of student
94	100		housing and food service, unless the funds are specifically
95	101		restricted to another purpose by the appropriation.
96	102		SECTION 2. Section 51.911(a)(1), Education Code, is amended
97	103		to read as follows:
98	104		(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
99	105		assigned by [Subdivision (7) of] Section 61.003 of this code, but
100	106		includes the Southwest College [Collegiate Institute] for the Deaf
101	107		and Texas State Technical College System [Institute].
102	108		SECTION 3. Section 51.925(b), Education Code, is amended to
103	109		read as follows:
104	110		(b) In this section, "institution of higher education" has
105	111		the meaning assigned by [Subdivision (7) of] Section 61.003 of this
106	112		code, except that the term includes the Southwest College
107	113		[Collegiate Institute] for the Deaf and Texas State Technical
108	114		College System [Institute].
109	115		SECTION 4. Section 54.364(a)(5), Education Code, is amended
110	116		to read as follows:
111	117		(5) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
112	118		assigned by Section 61.003, except that the term includes the
113	119		Southwest College [Collegiate Institute] for the Deaf.
114	120		SECTION 5. Section 31.001(8), Natural Resources Code, is
115	121		amended to read as follows:
116	122		(8) "Institution of higher education" means the Texas
117	123		State Technical College System, the Southwest College [Collegiate
118	124		Institute] for the Deaf, or an institution of higher education,
119	125		excluding a public junior college, as defined by Section 61.003,
120	126		Education Code.
121	127		SECTION 6. (a) The name of the Southwest Collegiate
122	128		Institute for the Deaf is changed to the Southwest College for the
123	129		Deaf.
124	130		(b) A reference in law to the Southwest Collegiate Institute
125	131		for the Deaf means the Southwest College for the Deaf.
126	132		(c) An appropriation for the use or benefit of the Southwest
127	133		Collegiate Institute for the Deaf is available for the use and
128	134		benefit of the Southwest College for the Deaf.
129	135		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
130		-	______________________________ ______________________________
131		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
132		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1101 was passed by the House on March
133		-	27, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
134		-	voting.
135		-	______________________________
136		-	Chief Clerk of the House
137		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1101 was passed by the Senate on April
138		-	11, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
139		-	______________________________
140		-	Secretary of the Senate
141		-	APPROVED: _____________________
142		-	Date
143		-	_____________________
144		-	Governor
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