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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public junior |
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colleges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.9685(a)(2), Education Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Institution of higher education" and "public |
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junior college" have [has] the meanings [meaning] assigned by |
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Section 61.003. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.9685, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsections (b) and (c), a student |
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enrolled in an associate or bachelor's degree program at a public |
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junior college shall file a degree plan with the college not later |
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than: |
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(1) the end of the second regular semester or term |
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immediately following the semester or term in which the student |
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earned a cumulative total of 30 or more semester credit hours of |
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course credit for courses described by Subsection (b); or |
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(2) if the student begins the student's first semester |
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or term at the college with 30 or more semester credit hours of |
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course credit for courses described by Subsection (b), the end of |
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the student's second regular semester or term at the college. |
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SECTION 3. Section 51.9685(c-1), Education Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies beginning with students who initially enroll |
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in a public junior college for the 2018 fall semester. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |