Bill Text: TX HB1183 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring coursework in economics for an associate or baccalaureate degree program at a public institution of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-02 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1183 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1183-Introduced.html
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| By: Harrison | H.B. No. 1183 | |
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| relating to requiring coursework in economics for an associate or | ||
| baccalaureate degree program at a public institution of higher | ||
| education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.311 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.311. ECONOMICS. (a) In this section, "institution | ||
| of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (b) An institution of higher education may not award an | ||
| associate or baccalaureate degree to any person unless the person | ||
| has credit for at least three semester credit hours or the | ||
| equivalent for a course in economics that dedicates equal time to | ||
| macroeconomics and microeconomics. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.311, Education Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies only to a student who enrolls in an associate or | ||
| baccalaureate degree program at a public institution of higher | ||
| education on or after January 1, 2024. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
