By: Pacheco H.B. No. 4165
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board for certain public junior colleges to offer
baccalaureate degree programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.306, Education Code, is amended by
amending subsection (b) and adding subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (a) and (d), a public
junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program under this
subchapter may not offer more than three baccalaureate degree
programs at any time.
(d) A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree
program under this subchapter that is located in a county with a
population of more than 1,800,000 based on United States Census
2010 data and that is located within 180 miles of the Texas-Mexico
border may not offer more than six baccalaureate degree programs at
any time.
SECTION 2. 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.