Bill Text: TX HB1563 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of the Texas State Technical College System to offer technical-vocational courses or programs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB1563 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1563-Introduced.html
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By: Guillen | H.B. No. 1563 |
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relating to the authority of the Texas State Technical College | ||
System to offer technical-vocational courses or programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 135.01, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) In developing and offering highly specialized technical | ||
programs with related supportive coursework, primary consideration | ||
shall be placed on industrial and technological manpower needs of | ||
the state. | ||
(d) The authority of the Texas State Technical College | ||
System to create a technical-vocational course of study or | ||
technical-vocational certificate or degree program under this | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 135.02(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The system may operate an extension center created after | ||
September 1, 1991, in a city or county if: | ||
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and maintains appropriate equipment and facilities for the delivery | ||
of technical-vocational education, including maintenance and | ||
utilities; and | ||
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by specific legislative Act. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 135.04, Education Code, is repealed. | ||
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, 2017. |