Bill Text: TX SB199 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of certain requirements regarding the transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [SB199 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB199-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 199 | |
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| relating to the enforcement of certain requirements regarding 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. WAIVER OF TUITION AND FEES FOR COURSE CREDIT | ||
| NOT TRANSFERRED TOWARD DEGREE PROGRAM. Notwithstanding any other | ||
| provision, an institution of higher education that admits a student | ||
| transferring from another institution of higher education shall | ||
| waive the tuition and required fees that would otherwise be imposed | ||
| for the student for a number of semester credit hours equal to the | ||
| number of semester credit hours for which the receiving institution | ||
| does not award the student academic credit toward the student's | ||
| degree program or awards only elective credit that were: | ||
| (1) earned by the student in the core curriculum or a | ||
| field of study curriculum of the sending institution; or | ||
| (2) awarded by the sending institution for: | ||
| (A) achieving required scores on an Advanced | ||
| Placement examination; or | ||
| (B) achieving required scores on an examination | ||
| for courses constituting the International Baccalaureate Diploma | ||
| Program and successfully completing the program. | ||
| 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 2025-2026 | ||
| 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, 2025. | ||
