89R3950 JTZ-F
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 199
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the enforcement of certain requirements regarding the
transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher
education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.8231 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.8231. WAIVER OF TUITION AND FEES FOR COURSE CREDIT
NOT TRANSFERRED TOWARD DEGREE PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other
provision, an institution of higher education that admits a student
transferring from another institution of higher education shall
waive the tuition and required fees that would otherwise be imposed
for the student for a number of semester credit hours equal to the
number of semester credit hours for which the receiving institution
does not award the student academic credit toward the student's
degree program or awards only elective credit that were:
(1) earned by the student in the core curriculum or a
field of study curriculum of the sending institution; or
(2) awarded by the sending institution for:
(A) achieving required scores on an Advanced
Placement examination; or
(B) achieving required scores on an examination
for courses constituting the International Baccalaureate Diploma
Program and successfully completing the program.
SECTION 2. Section 61.827(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board is authorized to adopt rules implementing the
provisions of this subchapter, including rules to ensure compliance
with this subchapter.
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
academic year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2025.