Bill Text: TX HB1749 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for a junior college district to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer baccalaureate degree programs.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 16-8)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-15 - Left pending in committee [HB1749 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1749-Engrossed.html
86R28290 JRJ-D | ||
By: Wray, Harris, Rodriguez, Oliverson, | H.B. No. 1749 | |
Howard, et al. |
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relating to the requirements for a junior college district to | ||
receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
to offer baccalaureate degree programs. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 130.307, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a [ |
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junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree program under this | ||
subchapter only if its junior college district: | ||
(1) had a taxable property valuation amount of not | ||
less than $6 billion in the preceding year; and | ||
(2) received a positive assessment of the overall | ||
financial health of the district as reported by the coordinating | ||
board. | ||
(b-1) The requirement of Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to | ||
Navarro College. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |