86R10790 KJE-D
By: Ramos H.B. No. 1943
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of transfer pathways in the guidelines
addressing transfer practices published by general academic
teaching institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.830, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 61.830. PUBLICATION OF GUIDELINES ADDRESSING TRANSFER
PRACTICES. (a) In the institution's [its] course catalogs and on
the institution's Internet [its] website, each institution of
higher education shall publish guidelines addressing the practices
of the institution regarding the transfer of course credit. In the
guidelines, the institution must identify a course by using the
common course numbering system approved by the board.
(b) Each general academic teaching institution shall
include in the guidelines published on the institution's Internet
website under Subsection (a) a transfer pathway for each major in
the top 25 majors at the institution for which students most
frequently transfer to the institution. A transfer pathway must
identify:
(1) the lower division course requirements for the
major, including the core curriculum requirements; and
(2) each course that may be transferred to the
institution from a public junior college for course credit applied
toward the major or the core curriculum.
(c) A general academic teaching institution shall annually
review and, if necessary, update each transfer pathway required
under Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2020, each general
academic teaching institution shall develop and publish the
transfer pathways required under Section 61.830, Education Code, as
amended by this Act.
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.