Bill Text: TX HB3808 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to measures to facilitate the timely graduation of and attainment of marketable skills by students in public higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3808 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3808-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to measures to facilitate the timely graduation of and attainment of marketable skills by students in public higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB3808 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3808-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Walle | H.B. No. 3808 | ||
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By: Walle | C.S.H.B. No. 3808 |
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relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public | ||
institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.9685(a)(2), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(2) "Institution of higher education" has [ |
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61.003. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 51.9685(b), (c), and (g), Education | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c), each | ||
student enrolled at an institution of higher education in an | ||
associate or bachelor's degree program or a course for joint high | ||
school and junior college credit under Section 130.008 [ |
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institution before [ |
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semester or term immediately following the semester or term in | ||
which the student earned a cumulative total of 30 [ |
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semester credit hours for coursework successfully completed by the | ||
student, including transfer courses, international baccalaureate | ||
courses, dual credit courses, and any other course for which the | ||
institution the student attends has awarded the student college | ||
course credit, including course credit awarded by examination. | ||
(c) A student to whom this section applies who begins the | ||
student's first semester or term at an institution of higher | ||
education with 30 [ |
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credit for courses described by Subsection (b) shall file a degree | ||
plan with the institution before [ |
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(g) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in | ||
consultation with institutions of higher education, shall [ |
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adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this section, | ||
including rules to ensure compliance with this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 130.0104(c), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) In complying with the requirements regarding the filing | ||
of a degree plan under [ |
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program established under this section [ |
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with an academic advisor to complete a degree plan [ |
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(1) accounts for all remaining credit hours required | ||
for the completion of the degree program; and | ||
(2) emphasizes: | ||
(A) the student's transition to a particular | ||
four-year college or university that the student chooses; and | ||
(B) preparations for the student's intended | ||
field of study or major at the four-year college or university. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 51.9685(c-1), Education Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
academic year. | ||
SECTION 6. 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, 2019. |