Bill Text: TX SB165 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an exception to dropped course limitations at public institutions of higher education for courses dropped during a disaster that results in a bar or limit on in-person course attendance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB165 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB165-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 165 |
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relating to an exception to dropped course limitations at public | ||
institutions of higher education for courses dropped during a | ||
disaster that results in a bar or limit on in-person course | ||
attendance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.907, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-2) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall | ||
adopt rules under which an institution of higher education shall | ||
permit a student to drop more courses under circumstances described | ||
by Subsection (b) than the number of courses permitted to be dropped | ||
under Subsection (c) or under a policy adopted under Subsection (d) | ||
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number, including: | ||
(1) the student's [ |
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condition that affects the student's ability to satisfactorily | ||
complete a course; | ||
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care of a sick, injured, or needy person if the provision of care | ||
affects the student's ability to satisfactorily complete a course; | ||
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the student's family under a rule adopted under this subsection for | ||
purposes of this paragraph [ |
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sufficiently close relationship to the student under a rule adopted | ||
under this subsection that the person's death is considered to be a | ||
showing of good cause; or | ||
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the Texas National Guard or the armed forces of the United States | ||
of: | ||
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member of the student's family under a rule adopted under this | ||
subsection for purposes of this paragraph; or | ||
(2) a disaster declared by the governor under Section | ||
418.014, Government Code, resulting in a bar or limit on in-person | ||
course attendance at the institution of a duration that | ||
significantly affects the student's ability to participate in | ||
coursework, as determined in accordance with a rule adopted under | ||
this subsection for purposes of this subdivision. | ||
(e-2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, | ||
an institution of higher education may not count toward the number | ||
of courses permitted to be dropped under Subsection (c) or a policy | ||
adopted under Subsection (d) a course dropped by a student during | ||
the 2020 spring semester or summer term or the 2020-2021 academic | ||
year because of a bar or limit on in-person course attendance at the | ||
institution during the applicable semester or term due to the | ||
coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.907(e), Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies beginning with the 2021 fall semester. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 165 passed the Senate on | ||
April 13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2021, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 165 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 101, | ||
Nays 46, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |