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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to curriculum requirements in American history at |
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institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.302(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a college or |
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university receiving state support or state aid from public funds |
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may not grant a baccalaureate degree or a lesser degree or academic |
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certificate to any person unless the person has credit for six |
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semester hours or its equivalent in American history [History]. A |
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student must [is entitled to] submit [as much as] three semester |
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hours of credit or its equivalent from a course providing a |
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comprehensive survey of American history or [in] Texas history |
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[History] in partial satisfaction of this requirement. The |
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remaining three semester hours of credit or its equivalent may be |
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satisfied by credit from any American history or Texas history |
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course. The college or university may determine that a student has |
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satisfied this requirement in whole or part on the basis of credit |
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granted to the student by the college or university for a |
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substantially equivalent course completed at another accredited |
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college or university, or on the basis of the student's successful |
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completion of an advanced standing examination administered on the |
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conditions and under the circumstances common for the college or |
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university's advanced standing examinations. The college or |
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university may grant as much as three semester hours of credit or |
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its equivalent toward satisfaction of this requirement for |
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substantially equivalent work completed by a student in the program |
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of an approved senior R.O.T.C. unit. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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the curriculum requirements established for a degree or certificate |
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program offered by an institution of higher education beginning |
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with undergraduate students who initially enroll in the institution |
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for the 2018 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |