| 1 | 1 | | 88R19132 JRJ-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Canales H.B. No. 1636 |
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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 baccalaureate degree programs offered by certain public |
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| 8 | 8 | | junior colleges. |
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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 130.306, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (b) to read as |
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| 12 | 12 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a [A] public |
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| 14 | 14 | | junior college offering a baccalaureate degree program under this |
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| 15 | 15 | | subchapter may not offer more than five baccalaureate degree |
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| 16 | 16 | | programs at any time. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) At any time, South Texas College may not offer more than |
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| 18 | 18 | | six baccalaureate degree programs under this subchapter, one of |
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| 19 | 19 | | which must be a bachelor of applied science degree in child and |
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| 20 | 20 | | family development. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 22 | 22 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 25 | 25 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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