Bill Text: TX SB251 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Bill 251 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and independent school districts.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Referred to Higher Education [SB251 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB251-Engrossed.html



	By: Bettencourt	S.B. No. 251


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to courses offered jointly by public junior colleges and
	independent school districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 130.008, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (g-1) and adding Subsections (g-2) and (g-3) to
	read as follows:
	(g-1) A public junior college with a service area located
	wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than three
	million shall enter into an agreement with each school district
	located wholly or partly in a county with a population of more than
	three million to offer one or more courses as provided by this
	section. [~~A student enrolled in a school district to which this~~
	~~subsection applies may enroll in a course at any junior college that~~
	~~has entered into an agreement with the district to offer the course~~
	~~under this subsection.~~]
	(g-2) A public junior college may enter into an agreement
	with any school district located in a county in which the service
	area of the junior college is wholly or partly located or in a
	county adjacent to a county in which the service area of the junior
	college is wholly or partly located to offer one or more courses as
	provided by this section.
	(g-3) A high school student enrolled in a school district
	may enroll in a course at any public junior college that has entered
	into an agreement with the district to offer the course under this
	section.
	SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019 fall
	semester.
	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.