Bill Text: TX HB3819 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the alignment of courses between educational entities in this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3819 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3819-Introduced.html
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| By: Lozano | H.B. No. 3819 | |
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| relating to the alignment of courses between educational entities | ||
| in this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.834 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.834. REGIONAL CONSORTIUM FOR COURSE SEQUENCING. | ||
| (a) The board, in coordination with the Texas Education Agency, | ||
| shall divide the state into regions for the purpose of establishing | ||
| a regional consortium among the institutions of higher education | ||
| and school districts located within each region. Each consortium | ||
| shall facilitate the development of sequences of courses toward the | ||
| 25 degree programs at general academic teaching institutions with | ||
| the greatest student enrollment in each region, as identified by | ||
| the board under Subsection (b), and the alignment of each | ||
| endorsement described by Section 28.025(c-1) with degree plans for | ||
| those degree programs. | ||
| (b) For the purposes of this section, each general academic | ||
| teaching institution shall annually identify and report to the | ||
| board the 25 degree programs with the greatest student enrollment | ||
| at the institution. The board shall compile the information the | ||
| board receives from the general academic teaching institutions in | ||
| each regional consortium and report to each consortium the 25 | ||
| degree programs at general academic teaching institutions in that | ||
| consortium with the greatest overall student enrollment. | ||
| (c) For the purposes of this section, the release of student | ||
| information, including course, grade, and credit information, | ||
| between the institutions of higher education and the school | ||
| districts belonging to a regional consortium established under this | ||
| section serves the legitimate educational interest of a student for | ||
| whom consent would otherwise be required under the Family | ||
| Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 1232g). | ||
| (d) The board and the Texas Education Agency shall adopt | ||
| rules for the operation of a regional consortium established under | ||
| this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Texas | ||
| Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Education Agency | ||
| shall establish the regional consortiums required by Section | ||
| 61.834, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| (b) Each regional consortium shall develop the course | ||
| sequences and the alignment of endorsement plans required under | ||
| Section 61.834, Education Code, as added by this Act, to apply | ||
| beginning with course selection for the 2023-2024 academic year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
