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        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to the definition of a postsecondary program in regard to | 
      
        |  | non-baccalaureate career schools and colleges. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 132.001, Education Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | adding Subdivision (15) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (15)  "Postsecondary program" means a program that | 
      
        |  | requires a student to have a high school diploma or high school | 
      
        |  | equivalency certificate, or requires that the person be beyond the | 
      
        |  | age of compulsory education.  A program of instruction in yoga or | 
      
        |  | that trains persons to teach yoga is not considered a postsecondary | 
      
        |  | program. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
      
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        |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1176 passed the Senate on | 
      
        |  | April 7, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
      
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        |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1176 passed the House on | 
      
        |  | May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, one | 
      
        |  | present not voting. | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
        |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
      
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        |  | Approved: | 
      
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        |  | ______________________________ | 
      
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        |  | Governor |