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

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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-Introduced.html

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87R3665 JRJ-D
By: Harris H.B. No. 885

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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
Navarro College if its junior college district had a taxable
property valuation amount of not less than $4 billion in the
preceding year.
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.