Bill Text: TX SB828 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the name of the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-12 - Referred to Higher Education [SB828 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB828-Engrossed.html
By: Seliger, Menéndez, Zaffirini | S.B. No. 828 |
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relating to the name of the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the | ||
Deaf. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 131, Education Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 131. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE [ |
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Sec. 131.001. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE [ |
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THE DEAF. The Southwest College [ |
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Deaf is a postsecondary educational institution providing | ||
instruction for hearing-impaired students preparing for a career or | ||
for enrollment in a senior college or university. | ||
Sec. 131.002. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The college | ||
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of trustees of the Howard Junior College District. | ||
(b) The college [ |
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administered by personnel who are trained and qualified to work | ||
with hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual | ||
communication skills. | ||
Sec. 131.003. LOCATION. The college [ |
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on land deeded to the governing board by the federal Department of | ||
Education for the purpose of operating the college [ |
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The governing board may not conduct regular junior college programs | ||
for students with unimpaired hearing on the college [ |
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campus except as an integral part of the program offered to | ||
hearing-impaired students when: | ||
(1) it is educationally appropriate to enroll hearing | ||
students in classes for the hearing-impaired; or | ||
(2) special programs are needed to train hearing and | ||
hearing-impaired persons to become professional service providers | ||
for the deaf. | ||
Sec. 131.004. COURSES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES. (a) The | ||
college [ |
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the following courses, programs, and services for hearing-impaired | ||
post-secondary students: | ||
(1) learning development services, including academic | ||
counseling, tutorial services, reading instruction, services to | ||
counter learning disabilities, and library-related services; | ||
(2) communications services, including interpreters | ||
for academic and nonacademic functions, speech therapy, and | ||
auditory evaluation and training; | ||
(3) academic college preparatory courses; | ||
(4) career analysis services designed to assist each | ||
student in identifying a career interest, considering the student's | ||
aptitudes, abilities, and skills; | ||
(5) regular college courses, including vocational and | ||
technical education and liberal arts courses; | ||
(6) extracurricular activities, including intramural | ||
athletics; and | ||
(7) postgraduation services, including job placement | ||
services and services designed to orient employers to | ||
hearing-impaired workers. | ||
(b) The course work offered by the college [ |
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emphasize self-contained classrooms with instruction conducted by | ||
instructors who are trained and qualified to work with | ||
hearing-impaired students and are fluent in manual communication | ||
skills. Hearing-impaired students may enroll in integrated classes | ||
that are regular classes offered to students with unimpaired | ||
hearing enrolled in the junior college. | ||
(c) The programs, services, and facilities of the college | ||
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hearing-impaired students. | ||
(d) The executive director shall determine which courses | ||
offered by the college [ |
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electronic display on a screen or terminal, with less than 30 | ||
seconds delay, of a speaker's spoken message. The college | ||
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courses. | ||
Sec. 131.005. TUITION. (a) A Texas resident student | ||
enrolled in the college [ |
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under Section 54.364. | ||
(b) A student who is not a resident of Texas shall pay | ||
tuition at a rate that is the lesser of: | ||
(1) the rate provided by this code for a nonresident | ||
student enrolled at a general academic teaching institution; or | ||
(2) a rate determined by the board of trustees and the | ||
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board[ |
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during the academic year beginning the next fall. | ||
Sec. 131.006. APPROPRIATIONS; GRANTS. (a) The governing | ||
board of the college [ |
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college's [ |
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college [ |
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(b) The board may accept gifts, grants, or donations of | ||
money or property given to the college [ |
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college's [ |
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of this subchapter. | ||
(c) The board may expend appropriated funds for maintenance | ||
and operation, including the maintenance and operation of student | ||
housing and food service, unless the funds are specifically | ||
restricted to another purpose by the appropriation. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.911(a)(1), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by [ |
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includes the Southwest College [ |
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and Texas State Technical College System [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 51.925(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) In this section, "institution of higher education" has | ||
the meaning assigned by [ |
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code, except that the term includes the Southwest College | ||
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College System [ |
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SECTION 4. Section 54.364(a)(5), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(5) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003, except that the term includes the | ||
Southwest College [ |
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SECTION 5. Section 31.001(8), Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(8) "Institution of higher education" means the Texas | ||
State Technical College System, the Southwest College [ |
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excluding a public junior college, as defined by Section 61.003, | ||
Education Code. | ||
SECTION 6. (a) The name of the Southwest Collegiate | ||
Institute for the Deaf is changed to the Southwest College for the | ||
Deaf. | ||
(b) A reference in law to the Southwest Collegiate Institute | ||
for the Deaf means the Southwest College for the Deaf. | ||
(c) An appropriation for the use or benefit of the Southwest | ||
Collegiate Institute for the Deaf is available for the use and | ||
benefit of the Southwest College for the Deaf. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |