Bill Text: TX SB1876 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-17 - Reported from s/c favorably w/o amendments [SB1876 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1876-Introduced.html
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| By: Middleton | S.B. No. 1876 | |
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| relating to the transfer of course credit between public | ||
| institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.8231 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.8231. TRANSFER TOWARD DEGREE PROGRAM REQUIRED. | ||
| Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter or other | ||
| law, an institution of higher education that admits a student | ||
| transferring from another institution of higher education shall | ||
| award the student academic credit toward the student's degree | ||
| program for each course the student completed at the sending | ||
| institution. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 61.827(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The board is authorized to adopt rules implementing the | ||
| provisions of this subchapter, including rules to ensure compliance | ||
| with this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| academic year. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
