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| 2 | 2 | | By: Ramos H.B. No. 1943 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the inclusion of transfer pathways in the guidelines |
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| 8 | 8 | | addressing transfer practices published by general academic |
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| 9 | 9 | | teaching institutions. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.830, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 61.830. PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES ADDRESSING TRANSFER |
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| 14 | 14 | | PRACTICES. (a) In the institution's [its] course catalogs and on |
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| 15 | 15 | | the institution's Internet [its] website, each institution of |
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| 16 | 16 | | higher education shall publish guidelines addressing the practices |
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| 17 | 17 | | of the institution regarding the transfer of course credit. In the |
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| 18 | 18 | | guidelines, the institution must identify a course by using the |
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| 19 | 19 | | common course numbering system approved by the board. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) Each general academic teaching institution shall |
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| 21 | 21 | | include in the guidelines published on the institution's Internet |
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| 22 | 22 | | website under Subsection (a) a transfer pathway for each major in |
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| 23 | 23 | | the top 25 majors at the institution for which students most |
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| 24 | 24 | | frequently transfer to the institution. A transfer pathway must |
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| 25 | 25 | | identify: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) the lower division course requirements for the |
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| 27 | 27 | | major, including the core curriculum requirements; and |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) each course that may be transferred to the |
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| 29 | 29 | | institution from a public junior college for course credit applied |
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| 30 | 30 | | toward the major or the core curriculum. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) A general academic teaching institution shall annually |
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| 32 | 32 | | review and, if necessary, update each transfer pathway required |
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| 33 | 33 | | under Subsection (b). |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, each general |
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| 35 | 35 | | academic teaching institution shall develop and publish the |
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| 36 | 36 | | transfer pathways required under Section 61.830, Education Code, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | amended by this Act. |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 39 | 39 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 40 | 40 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 42 | 42 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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