86R6030 JRJ-D
By: Middleton H.B. No. 1203
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board for public junior colleges to offer
baccalaureate degree programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.302, Education Code, as added by
Chapter 766 (S.B. 2118), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2017, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 130.302. BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAMS; GENERAL
AUTHORIZATION. The coordinating board may authorize public junior
colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs in any field as
provided by this subchapter. Offering a baccalaureate degree
program under this subchapter does not otherwise alter the role and
mission of a public junior college.
SECTION 2. Sections 130.303(b) and 130.306(a) and (b),
Education Code, as added by Chapter 766 (S.B. 2118), Acts of the
85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, are repealed.
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, 2019.