Bill Text: TX SB502 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to issue reports on the transferability of credit.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB502 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB502-Enrolled.html
 
 
  S.B. No. 502
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring certain institutions of higher education to
  issue reports on the transferability of credit.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Sections 51.400, 51.4033, and 51.4034 to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 51.400.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
               (1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board.
               (2)  "General academic teaching institution,"
  "institution of higher education," and "public junior college" have
  the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
         Sec. 51.4033.  REPORT OF NONTRANSFERABLE CREDIT. (a)  Not
  later than March 1 of each year and in the form prescribed by the
  coordinating board, each general academic teaching institution
  shall provide to the coordinating board and the legislature a
  report describing any courses in the Lower-Division Academic Course
  Guide Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board for
  which a student who transfers to the institution from another
  institution of higher education is not granted:
               (1)  academic credit at the receiving institution; or
               (2)  if the student has declared a major and has not
  changed majors, academic credit toward the student's major at the
  receiving institution.
         (b)  A report required by this section must indicate:
               (1)  the course name and type;
               (2)  which institution of higher education provided
  academic credit for the course; and
               (3)  the reason why the receiving institution did not
  grant academic credit for the course as described by Subsection
  (a).
         Sec. 51.4034.  REPORT OF COURSES TAKEN AT JUNIOR COLLEGES.
  (a)  Not later than March 1 of each year and in the form prescribed
  by the coordinating board, each public junior college shall provide
  to the coordinating board and the legislature a report on courses
  taken by students who, during the preceding academic year,
  transferred to a general academic teaching institution or earned an
  associate degree at the college.
         (b)  A report required by this section must include the total
  number of:
               (1)  courses attempted and completed at the college,
  including the total number of semester credit hours for those
  courses, disaggregated by whether the course is in:
                     (A)  the Workforce Education Course Manual or its
  successor adopted by the coordinating board; or
                     (B)  the Lower-Division Academic Course Guide
  Manual or its successor adopted by the coordinating board;
               (2)  courses attempted and completed at the college
  that are not in the recommended core curriculum developed by the
  coordinating board under Section 61.822; and
               (3)  dual credit courses, including courses for joint
  high school and junior college credit under Section 130.008,
  attempted and completed at the college.
         SECTION 2.  Each public institution of higher education
  required to submit a report under Section 51.4033 or 51.4034,
  Education Code, as added by this Act, shall submit the first report
  not later than March 1, 2021.
         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, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 502 passed the Senate on
  April 26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 24, 2019, by the
  following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 502 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
  Nays 1, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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