Bill Text: TX HB885 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective immediately [HB885 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB885-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 885

AN ACT
relating to the requirements for a junior college district to
receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.307, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [A] public
junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree program under this
subchapter only if its junior college district:
(1) had a taxable property valuation amount of not
less than $6 billion in the preceding year; and
(2) received a positive assessment of the overall
financial health of the district as reported by the coordinating
board.
(b-1) The requirement of Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to
a public junior college for the purpose of offering a baccalaureate
degree program in nursing approved under Section 130.308 if its
junior college district:
(1) has a taxable property valuation amount of not
less than $4 billion in the preceding year; and
(2) does not have a four-year institution of higher
education located in a county in which the district is located.
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, 2021.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 885 was passed by the House on April
13, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 885 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1
present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 885 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor