88R9662 CXP-D
By: Talarico H.B. No. 2264
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring public junior colleges to award course credit
to students who hold a Child Development Associate credential.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130.0107 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.0107. CREDIT FOR COMPLETION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT
ASSOCIATE CREDENTIAL. In accordance with rules adopted by the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, a public junior college
shall award at least six semester credit hours or the equivalent to
a student enrolled in the junior college who holds a Child
Development Associate (CDA) credential.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
academic year.
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, 2023.