Bill Text: TX HB3601 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the recognition by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board of competency-based education degree plans for members of the Texas military forces.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3601 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3601-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3601 |
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relating to the recognition by the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board of competency-based education degree plans for | ||
members of the Texas military forces. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 61.0521 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.0521. RECOGNITION OF COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION | ||
DEGREE PLANS FOR MEMBERS OF TEXAS MILITARY FORCES. (a) In this | ||
section, "Texas military forces" has the meaning assigned by | ||
Section 437.001, Government Code. | ||
(b) The board may approve an institution of higher education | ||
recognized by the board to offer a degree in coordination with the | ||
Texas Military Department that uses alternative methods of | ||
determining mastery of program content, including competency-based | ||
education. | ||
(c) To be eligible for a degree approved under this section, | ||
a person must: | ||
(1) have graduated from high school or received the | ||
equivalent of a high school diploma; | ||
(2) satisfy the minimum active military service | ||
obligation to the Texas military forces for a degree plan as | ||
follows: | ||
(A) for an associate degree, two years of | ||
service; | ||
(B) for a baccalaureate degree, four years of | ||
service; and | ||
(C) for a graduate degree, six years of service; | ||
and | ||
(3) complete and meet the standards of the degree | ||
plan. | ||
(d) The board may propose rules to establish requirements | ||
under which a person's training and experience acquired during the | ||
person's military service serve as proof of the person's | ||
demonstration of subject matter knowledge if that training and | ||
experience are verified by the Texas Military Department. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with degree plans | ||
offered for enrollment for the 2020-2021 academic year. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3601 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3601 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |