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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state funding for baccalaureate degree programs offered |
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at certain public junior colleges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.0012(b-1), Education Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The coordinating board shall authorize [establish a
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pilot project to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of
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authorizing] baccalaureate degree programs in the field of dental |
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hygiene at a public junior college that offers a degree program in |
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that field, has a main campus located in the county seat of a county |
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with a population greater than 200,000, and includes territory in |
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at least six public school districts located in two counties. |
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Subsection (g) applies [does not apply] to junior-level and |
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senior-level courses offered under this subsection. [In its
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recommendations to the legislature relating to state funding for
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public junior colleges, the coordinating board shall recommend that
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junior-level and senior-level courses offered under this
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subsection by a public
junior college receive the same state
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support as other courses offered by the public junior college.] |
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SECTION 2. Sections 130.0012(b-2) and (b-3), Education |
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Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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130.0012(b-1), Education Code, apply beginning with funding |
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recommendations made under Section 130.0012, Education Code, for |
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the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019. |
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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. |