Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	By: Seliger, Menéndez, Zaffirini S.B. No. 828
	1	+	By: Seliger, Zaffirini S.B. No. 828
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2019; March 1, 2019,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
	4	+	March 21, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
	5	+	Nays 0; March 21, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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4	9		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	10		AN ACT
6	11		relating to the name of the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the
7	12		Deaf.
8	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	14		SECTION 1. Chapter 131, Education Code, is amended to read
10	15		as follows:
11	16		CHAPTER 131. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE [COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE] FOR THE DEAF
12	17		Sec. 131.001. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE [COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE] FOR
13	18		THE DEAF. The Southwest College [Collegiate Institute] for the
14	19		Deaf is a postsecondary educational institution providing
15	20		instruction for hearing-impaired students preparing for a career or
16	21		for enrollment in a senior college or university.
17	22		Sec. 131.002. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The college
18	23		[institute] is under the direct control and management of the board
19	24		of trustees of the Howard Junior College District.
20	25		(b) The college [institute] and its programs shall be
21	26		administered by personnel who are trained and qualified to work
22	27		with hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual
23	28		communication skills.
24	29		Sec. 131.003. LOCATION. The college [institute] is located
25	30		on land deeded to the governing board by the federal Department of
26	31		Education for the purpose of operating the college [institute].
27	32		The governing board may not conduct regular junior college programs
28	33		for students with unimpaired hearing on the college [institute]
29	34		campus except as an integral part of the program offered to
30	35		hearing-impaired students when:
31	36		(1) it is educationally appropriate to enroll hearing
32	37		students in classes for the hearing-impaired; or
33	38		(2) special programs are needed to train hearing and
34	39		hearing-impaired persons to become professional service providers
35	40		for the deaf.
36	41		Sec. 131.004. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. (a) The
37	42		college [institute] shall offer, but is not limited to offering,
38	43		the following courses, programs, and services for hearing-impaired
39	44		post-secondary students:
40	45		(1) learning development services, including academic
41	46		counseling, tutorial services, reading instruction, services to
42	47		counter learning disabilities, and library-related services;
43	48		(2) communications services, including interpreters
44	49		for academic and nonacademic functions, speech therapy, and
45	50		auditory evaluation and training;
46	51		(3) academic college preparatory courses;
47	52		(4) career analysis services designed to assist each
48	53		student in identifying a career interest, considering the student's
49	54		aptitudes, abilities, and skills;
50	55		(5) regular college courses, including vocational and
51	56		technical education and liberal arts courses;
52	57		(6) extracurricular activities, including intramural
53	58		athletics; and
54	59		(7) postgraduation services, including job placement
55	60		services and services designed to orient employers to
56	61		hearing-impaired workers.
57	62		(b) The course work offered by the college [institute] shall
58	63		emphasize self-contained classrooms with instruction conducted by
59	64		instructors who are trained and qualified to work with
60	65		hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual communication
61	66		skills. Hearing-impaired students may enroll in integrated classes
62	67		that are regular classes offered to students with unimpaired
63	68		hearing enrolled in the junior college.
64	69		(c) The programs, services, and facilities of the college
65	70		[institute] shall be designed to be appropriate to the needs of
66	71		hearing-impaired students.
67	72		(d) The executive director shall determine which courses
68	73		offered by the college [institute] are appropriate for an
69	74		electronic display on a screen or terminal, with less than 30
70	75		seconds delay, of a speaker's spoken message. The college
71	76		[institute] shall implement the electronic display in those
72	77		courses.
73	78		Sec. 131.005. TUITION. (a) A Texas resident student
74	79		enrolled in the college [institute] is exempt from tuition fees
75	80		under Section 54.364.
76	81		(b) A student who is not a resident of Texas shall pay
77	82		tuition at a rate that is the lesser of:
78	83		(1) the rate provided by this code for a nonresident
79	84		student enrolled at a general academic teaching institution; or
80	85		(2) a rate determined by the board of trustees and the
81	86		Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board[, Texas College and
82	87		University System] to be the approximate cost to the college
83	88		[institute], not including room and board, of educating a student
84	89		during the academic year beginning the next fall.
85	90		Sec. 131.006. APPROPRIATIONS; GRANTS. (a) The governing
86	91		board of the college [institute] may receive appropriations for the
87	92		college's [institute's] operations only if the board operates the
88	93		college [institute] in compliance with this chapter.
89	94		(b) The board may accept gifts, grants, or donations of
90	95		money or property given to the college [institute] for the
91	96		college's [institute's] exclusive use in carrying out the purposes
92	97		of this subchapter.
93	98		(c) The board may expend appropriated funds for maintenance
94	99		and operation, including the maintenance and operation of student
95	100		housing and food service, unless the funds are specifically
96	101		restricted to another purpose by the appropriation.
97	102		SECTION 2. Section 51.911(a)(1), Education Code, is amended
98	103		to read as follows:
99	104		(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
100	105		assigned by [Subdivision (7) of] Section 61.003 of this code, but
101	106		includes the Southwest College [Collegiate Institute] for the Deaf
102	107		and Texas State Technical College System [Institute].
103	108		SECTION 3. Section 51.925(b), Education Code, is amended to
104	109		read as follows:
105	110		(b) In this section, "institution of higher education" has
106	111		the meaning assigned by [Subdivision (7) of] Section 61.003 of this
107	112		code, except that the term includes the Southwest College
108	113		[Collegiate Institute] for the Deaf and Texas State Technical
109	114		College System [Institute].
110	115		SECTION 4. Section 54.364(a)(5), Education Code, is amended
111	116		to read as follows:
112	117		(5) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
113	118		assigned by Section 61.003, except that the term includes the
114	119		Southwest College [Collegiate Institute] for the Deaf.
115	120		SECTION 5. Section 31.001(8), Natural Resources Code, is
116	121		amended to read as follows:
117	122		(8) "Institution of higher education" means the Texas
118	123		State Technical College System, the Southwest College [Collegiate
119	124		Institute] for the Deaf, or an institution of higher education,
120	125		excluding a public junior college, as defined by Section 61.003,
121	126		Education Code.
122	127		SECTION 6. (a) The name of the Southwest Collegiate
123	128		Institute for the Deaf is changed to the Southwest College for the
124	129		Deaf.
125	130		(b) A reference in law to the Southwest Collegiate Institute
126	131		for the Deaf means the Southwest College for the Deaf.
127	132		(c) An appropriation for the use or benefit of the Southwest
128	133		Collegiate Institute for the Deaf is available for the use and
129	134		benefit of the Southwest College for the Deaf.
130	135		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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