Bill Text: TX SB945 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a lower-division institution of higher education to award an associate degree to a student enrolled in a four-year public institution of higher education who previously attended the lower-division institution.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-22 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB945 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB945-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a lower-division institution of higher education to award an associate degree to a student enrolled in a four-year public institution of higher education who previously attended the lower-division institution.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-22 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB945 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB945-Comm_Sub.html
82R29101 JRJ-D | ||
By: Patrick, et al. | S.B. No. 945 | |
(Branch) | ||
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 945: No. |
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relating to authorizing a lower-division institution of higher | ||
education to award an associate degree to a student enrolled in a | ||
four-year public institution of higher education who previously | ||
attended the lower-division institution. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter S, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 61.833 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.833. CREDIT TRANSFER FOR ASSOCIATE DEGREE. (a) In | ||
this section, "lower-division institution of higher education" | ||
means a public junior college, public state college, or public | ||
technical institute. | ||
(b) This section applies to a student enrolled in a general | ||
academic teaching institution who: | ||
(1) transferred to the institution from or previously | ||
attended a lower-division institution of higher education; | ||
(2) earned at least 30 credit hours for course work | ||
successfully completed at the lower-division institution of higher | ||
education; and | ||
(3) has earned a cumulative total of at least 90 credit | ||
hours for course work successfully completed. | ||
(c) As soon as practicable after a student who is enrolled | ||
in a general academic teaching institution has met the criteria | ||
established by Subsection (b)(3), the institution by e-mail or | ||
other reasonable method shall request authorization from the | ||
student for the institution to release the student's transcript to | ||
the lower-division institution of higher education that the student | ||
previously attended for the purpose of determining whether the | ||
student has earned the credits required for an associate degree | ||
awarded by the lower-division institution of higher education. On | ||
receipt of a student's authorization under this subsection, the | ||
general academic teaching institution shall release the student's | ||
transcript to the lower-division institution of higher education. | ||
(d) After receiving a student transcript from a general | ||
academic teaching institution under Subsection (c), a | ||
lower-division institution of higher education shall review the | ||
transcript and, if the lower-division institution of higher | ||
education determines the student has earned the credits required to | ||
receive an associate degree awarded by the lower-division | ||
institution of higher education, may award the student the degree. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a | ||
student who not earlier than the 2011 fall semester transfers to or | ||
otherwise initially enrolls in a general academic teaching | ||
institution after attending a lower-division institution of higher | ||
education. | ||
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, 2011. |