Bill Text: TX HB946 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the identification of courses included in the common course numbering system to be offered by and the transferability of those courses among public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-24 - Referred to Higher Education [HB946 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB946-Introduced.html
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| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 946 | |
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| relating to the identification of courses included in the common | ||
| course numbering system to be offered by and the transferability of | ||
| those courses among public institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 61.052(a) and (b), Education Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Each governing board shall submit to the board once each | ||
| year on dates designated by the board a comprehensive list by | ||
| department, division, and school of all courses, together with a | ||
| description of content, scope, and prerequisites of all these | ||
| courses, that will be offered by each institution under the | ||
| supervision of that governing board during the following academic | ||
| year. The list for each institution must also specifically | ||
| identify any course included in the common course numbering system | ||
| under Section 61.832 that has been added to or removed from the | ||
| institution's list for the current academic year, and the board | ||
| shall distribute that information as necessary to accomplish the | ||
| purposes of Section 61.832. | ||
| (b) After the comprehensive list of courses is submitted by | ||
| a governing board under Subsection (a) of this section, the | ||
| governing board shall submit on dates designated by the board any | ||
| changes in the comprehensive list of courses to be offered, | ||
| including any changes relating to offering a course included in the | ||
| common course numbering system. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 61.832, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) A student who transfers from one institution of higher | ||
| education to another shall receive academic credit from the | ||
| receiving institution for each course that the student has | ||
| successfully completed that serves as an equivalent course under | ||
| the common course numbering system at the institution from which | ||
| the student transfers. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Sections 61.052(a) and (b), Education Code, | ||
| as amended by this Act, apply to the comprehensive lists of courses | ||
| offered by public institutions of higher education beginning with | ||
| lists required to be submitted for the 2012-2013 academic year. | ||
| (b) Section 61.832(e), Education Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies beginning with the 2011 fall semester. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2011. | ||
