86R13866 KJE-F
By: Pacheco H.B. No. 4208
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of certain requirements regarding the
transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher
education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.8233 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.8233. WAIVER OF TUITION AND FEES FOR COURSES NOT
TRANSFERRED TOWARD DEGREE PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other
provision, an institution of higher education that admits a student
transferring from another institution of higher education shall
waive the tuition and required fees that would otherwise be imposed
for the student for a number of semester credit hours equal to the
number of semester credit hours earned by the student in the core
curriculum or a field of study curriculum of the sending
institution for which the receiving institution:
(1) does not award the student academic credit toward
the student's degree program; or
(2) awards only elective credit.
SECTION 2. Section 61.827, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 61.827. RULES. The board is authorized to adopt rules
implementing the provisions of this subchapter, including rules to
ensure compliance with this subchapter.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020
academic year.
SECTION 4. 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.