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| 1 | 1 | 87R38 JRJ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Middleton H.B. No. 1566 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the requirements for a junior college district to | |
| 8 | 8 | receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | |
| 9 | 9 | to offer baccalaureate degree programs. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 130.307(b), Education Code, is amended | |
| 12 | 12 | to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) A public junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree | |
| 14 | 14 | program under this subchapter only if its junior college district[: | |
| 15 | 15 | [(1) had a taxable property valuation amount of not | |
| 16 | 16 | less than $6 billion in the preceding year; and | |
| 17 | 17 | [(2)] received a positive assessment of the overall | |
| 18 | 18 | financial health of the district as reported by the coordinating | |
| 19 | 19 | board. | |
| 20 | 20 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 21 | 21 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 22 | 22 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 23 | 23 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |