| 1 | 1 | | 87R846 KJE-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1665 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and |
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| 8 | 8 | | independent school districts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (g-1) and adding Subsections (g-2) and (g-3) to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (g-1) A public junior college with a service area located |
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| 14 | 14 | | wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three |
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| 15 | 15 | | million shall enter into an agreement with each school district |
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| 16 | 16 | | located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than |
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| 17 | 17 | | three million to offer one or more courses as provided by this |
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| 18 | 18 | | section. [A student enrolled in a school district to which this |
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| 19 | 19 | | subsection applies may enroll in a course at any junior college that |
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| 20 | 20 | | has entered into an agreement with the district to offer the course |
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| 21 | 21 | | under this subsection.] |
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| 22 | 22 | | (g-2) A public junior college may enter into an agreement |
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| 23 | 23 | | with any school district located in a county in which the service |
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| 24 | 24 | | area of the junior college is wholly or partly located or in a |
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| 25 | 25 | | county adjacent to a county in which the service area of the junior |
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| 26 | 26 | | college is wholly or partly located to offer one or more courses as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by this section. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (g-3) A high school student enrolled in a school district |
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| 29 | 29 | | may enroll in a course at any public junior college that has entered |
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| 30 | 30 | | into an agreement with the district to offer the course under this |
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| 31 | 31 | | section. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021 fall |
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| 33 | 33 | | semester. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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