88R2479 JRJ-D
By: Middleton S.B. No. 428
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the limitation on the number of baccalaureate degree
programs a public junior college may offer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.306, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 130.306. CONTINUING APPROVAL BY COORDINATING BOARD
REQUIRED [LIMITATION]. [(a) A public junior college offering a
baccalaureate degree program under this subchapter may not offer
more than five baccalaureate degree programs at any time.
[(c)] Degree programs offered under this subchapter are
subject to the continuing approval of the coordinating board.
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, 2023.