Bill Text: TX HB1618 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to limitations imposed on baccalaureate degree programs offered by public junior colleges.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1618 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1618-Introduced.html

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83R9289 JRJ-D
By: Munoz, Jr. H.B. No. 1618

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limitations imposed on baccalaureate degree programs
offered by public junior colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.0012(d), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) A public junior college offering a baccalaureate degree
program under this section may not offer more than five
baccalaureate degree programs at any time unless otherwise approved
by [. The degree programs are subject to the continuing approval of]
the coordinating board.
SECTION 2. 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, 2013.