87R10802 JRJ-F
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1058
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public
junior colleges.
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 otherwise provided by this section
[Subsection (a)], 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) At any time, the Austin Community College District may
not offer more than five baccalaureate degree programs under this
subchapter.
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.