TITLE: Relating to the requirements for a public junior college to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a baccalaureate degree program.

SUMMARY: Relating to the requirements for a public junior college to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a baccalaureate degree program.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the requirements for a public junior college to receive approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to offer a baccalaureate degree program. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 130.307(b), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A [Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), a] public junior college may offer a baccalaureate degree program under this subchapter only if its junior college district [: [(1) had a taxable property valuation amount of not less than $6 billion in the preceding year; and [(2)] received a positive assessment of the overall financial health of the district as reported by the coordinating board. SECTION 2. Section 130.307(b-1), Education Code, is repealed. 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.