86R8027 KJE-D
By: King of Hemphill, et al. H.B. No. 1630
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the funding of dual credit courses provided by public
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (s) to read as follows:
(s) In devising its funding formulas under this section and
Section 130.003 for dual credit courses, including courses for
joint high school and junior college credit under Section 130.008,
the board shall ensure that an institution of higher education
receives the same level of funding for providing a dual credit
course as every other institution of higher education receives for
providing the same course or a substantially similar course.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.