87R846 KJE-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1665
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and
independent school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (g-1) and adding Subsections (g-2) and (g-3) to
read as follows:
(g-1) A public junior college with a service area located
wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three
million shall enter into an agreement with each school district
located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than
three million to offer one or more courses as provided by this
section. [A student enrolled in a school district to which this
subsection applies may enroll in a course at any junior college that
has entered into an agreement with the district to offer the course
under this subsection.]
(g-2) A public junior college may enter into an agreement
with any school district located in a county in which the service
area of the junior college is wholly or partly located or in a
county adjacent to a county in which the service area of the junior
college is wholly or partly located to offer one or more courses as
provided by this section.
(g-3) A high school student enrolled in a school district
may enroll in a course at any public junior college that has entered
into an agreement with the district to offer the course under this
section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021 fall
semester.
SECTION 3. 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.