Bill Text: TX SB1324 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective immediately [SB1324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1324-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective immediately [SB1324 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1324-Comm_Sub.html
By: Taylor, et al. | S.B. No. 1324 | |
(Turner of Tarrant) | ||
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relating to the filing of a degree plan by students at public | ||
institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 51.9685, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c-2) and amending Subsection (g) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c-2) A student enrolled in a course for joint high school | ||
and junior college credit under Section 130.008 at a public junior | ||
college and to whom Subsection (b) or (c-1) does not apply shall | ||
file a degree plan with the college not later than: | ||
(1) the end of the second regular semester or term | ||
immediately following the semester or term in which the student | ||
earned a cumulative total of 15 or more semester credit hours of | ||
course credit for dual credit courses successfully completed by the | ||
student; or | ||
(2) if the student begins the student's first semester | ||
or term at the college with 15 or more semester credit hours of | ||
course credit for dual credit courses successfully completed by the | ||
student, the end of the student's second regular semester or term at | ||
the college. | ||
(g) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in | ||
consultation with institutions of higher education, shall [ |
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adopt rules as necessary for the administration of this section, | ||
including rules requiring institutions of higher education to | ||
report to the board information regarding the filing of degree | ||
plans as required by this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 130.0104(c), Education Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(c) In complying with the requirements regarding the filing | ||
of a degree plan under [ |
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program established under this section[ |
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with an academic advisor to complete a degree plan[ |
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(1) accounts for all remaining credit hours required | ||
for the completion of the degree program; and | ||
(2) emphasizes: | ||
(A) the student's transition to a particular | ||
four-year college or university that the student chooses; and | ||
(B) preparations for the student's intended | ||
field of study or major at the four-year college or university. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2019-2020 | ||
academic year. | ||
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, 2019. |