Bill Text: TX HB4558 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the curriculum requirements in government or political science at institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB4558 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4558-Introduced.html
86R11090 SOS-F | ||
By: Fierro | H.B. No. 4558 |
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relating to the curriculum requirements in government or political | ||
science at institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.301, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (f) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) Every college and university receiving state support or | ||
state aid from public funds shall offer six semester hours or its | ||
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political science, including three semester hours or its equivalent | ||
of instruction that considers [ |
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Constitution of the United States and three semester hours or its | ||
equivalent of instruction that considers the constitutions of the | ||
states, with special emphasis on that of Texas. [ |
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university receiving state support or state aid from public funds | ||
may not grant a baccalaureate degree or an associate of arts degree | ||
or associate of science degree [ |
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instruction required by this subsection [ |
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college or university may determine that a student has satisfied | ||
this requirement in whole or in part on the basis of credit granted | ||
to the student by the college or university for a substantially | ||
equivalent course completed at another accredited college or | ||
university or on the basis of the student's successful completion | ||
of an advanced standing examination administered on the conditions | ||
and under the circumstances common for the college or university's | ||
advanced standing examinations. The college or university may | ||
grant as much as three semester hours of credit or its equivalent | ||
toward satisfaction of this requirement for substantially | ||
equivalent work completed by the student in the program of an | ||
approved senior R.O.T.C. unit. A student is entitled to apply | ||
course credit not to exceed three semester hours or its equivalent | ||
in Mexican American politics toward satisfaction of the course | ||
requirement provided by this subsection. | ||
(b) The requirement of Subsection (a) that the required | ||
course instruction must include three semester hours or its | ||
equivalent with a special emphasis on the Texas Constitution does | ||
not apply to a degree granted on completion of an academic program | ||
offered by a medical and dental unit, as that term is defined by | ||
Section 61.003, to a student who is a member of the armed forces of | ||
the United States, including the reserves or national guard, if: | ||
(1) the program is operated by the medical and dental | ||
unit under contract with the United States Army; | ||
(2) the program requires less than two years of | ||
residency in this state; and | ||
(3) the principal participants in the program are | ||
military personnel stationed outside this state. | ||
(f) The course requirement provided by Subsection (a) does | ||
not apply to: | ||
(1) an associate of applied science degree; or | ||
(2) an academic certificate. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 51.301, Education Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies to the curriculum requirements established for a | ||
degree or certificate program without regard to whether the student | ||
initially enrolled in the degree or certificate program before, on, | ||
or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |