Bill Text: TX SB453 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the enforcement of certain requirements regarding the transfer of course credit between public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Co-author authorized [SB453 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB453-Introduced.html
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By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 453 |
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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 COURSES 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 earned by the student in the core | ||
curriculum or a field of study curriculum of the sending | ||
institution for which the receiving institution: | ||
(1) does not award the student academic credit toward | ||
the student's degree program; or | ||
(2) awards only elective credit. | ||
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. |