Bill Text: TX HB1502 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1502 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped course restrictions for students enrolled in accelerated, affordable baccalaureate programs at public institutions of higher education.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-29 - Left pending in committee [HB1502 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1502-Introduced.html

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	By: Murphy	H.B. No. 1502



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped
	course restrictions for students enrolled in accelerated,
	affordable baccalaureate programs at public institutions of higher
	education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 51.907, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1) This section does not apply to a student enrolled in
	an accelerated baccalaureate program created in collaboration with
	the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that uses a
	competency-based model and year-round flat-rate tuition to
	facilitate degree completion, as verified by the coordinating
	board.
	SECTION 2. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (r) to read as follows:
	(r) Notwithstanding any other law, the board may not exclude
	from being counted in the hours reported to the Legislative Budget
	Board for formula funding contact hours or semester credit hours
	for a student's enrollment in a course for which the student has
	previously generated formula funding for the same course if the
	student is enrolled in an accelerated baccalaureate program created
	in collaboration with the board that uses a competency-based model
	and year-round flat-rate tuition to facilitate degree completion,
	as verified by the board.
	SECTION 3. Section 61.0595, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
	(f-1) In the formulas established under Section 61.059, the
	board shall include without consideration of Subsection (a) or (e)
	funding for semester credit hours earned by a student who is
	enrolled in an accelerated baccalaureate program created by an
	institution in collaboration with the board that uses a
	competency-based model and year-round flat-rate tuition to
	facilitate degree completion, as verified by the board.
	SECTION 4. Section 51.907(b-1), Education Code, as added by
	this Act, applies beginning with the fall 2015 semester.
	SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
	61.059 and 61.0595, Education Code, apply beginning with funding
	recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the
	state fiscal biennium beginning January 1, 2017.
	SECTION 6. 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, 2015.