87R190 JRJ-D
By: Shaheen H.B. No. 1220
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to authorizing the Collin County Community College
District to offer a baccalaureate degree program in the field of
education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter L, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130.3045 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.3045. BACCALAUREATE DEGREE IN EDUCATION. (a) The
coordinating board shall authorize a baccalaureate degree program
in the field of education at the Collin County Community College
District.
(b) The limitation prescribed by Section 130.306 does not
apply to a baccalaureate degree program offered under this section.
(c) Not later than January 1, 2023, the coordinating board
shall prepare a progress report on the baccalaureate degree program
in the field of education established under this section. Not later
than January 1, 2025, the coordinating board shall prepare a report
on the effectiveness of the degree program, including any
recommendations for legislative action regarding the offering of
baccalaureate degree programs in the field of education by a public
junior college. The coordinating board shall deliver a copy of each
report to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the
house of representatives, and the chair of the standing committee
of each house of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over
higher education. This subsection expires January 1, 2026.
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, 2021.