TITLE: Relating to courses offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts.

SUMMARY: Relating to courses offered jointly by certain public junior colleges and independent school districts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to courses offered jointly by certain 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 Subsection (g-2) to read as follows: (g-1) A public junior college to which this subsection applies [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 in which the junior college district's service area is wholly or partly located [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) Subsection (g-1) applies only to a public junior college in: (1) the Blinn College District; (2) the Houston Community College System District; (3) the Lee College District; (4) the Lone Star College System District; or (5) the San Jacinto College District. 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.