Bill Text: TX HB1192 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the expansion of the College Credit for Heroes program to lower-division public institutions of higher education offering degrees in certain fields.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-12 - Returned to Local & Consent Calendars Comm. [HB1192 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1192-Introduced.html

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85R6187 SRS-D
By: Blanco H.B. No. 1192

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expansion of the College Credit for Heroes program
to lower-division public institutions of higher education offering
degrees in certain fields.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 302.0031, Labor Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
read as follows:
(a) In this section:
(1) "Institution[, "institution] of higher education,"
"public junior college," "public state college," and "public
technical institute" have [has] the meanings [meaning] assigned by
Section 61.003, Education Code.
(2) "Lower-division institution of higher education"
means a public junior college, public state college, or public
technical institute.
(b-1) The commission shall administer the College Credit
for Heroes program at each lower-division institution of higher
education that offers a degree program in the field of applied
science or in a closely related field, as determined by the
commission in consultation with the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board for purposes of this subsection. The commission
by rule shall establish a procedure through which a lower-division
institution of higher education described by this subsection may
opt out of participating in the program.
(f) The commission shall [may] adopt rules as necessary for
the administration of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.