TITLE: Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the Brazosport College District to offer a baccalaureate degree program in nursing.

SUMMARY: Relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the Brazosport College District to offer a baccalaureate degree program in nursing.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to authorization by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the Brazosport College District to offer a baccalaureate degree program in nursing. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 130.0012, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-4) to read as follows: (b-4) The coordinating board shall authorize a baccalaureate degree program in the field of nursing under this section to be offered by the Brazosport College District. Offering a baccalaureate degree program under this subsection does not otherwise alter the role and mission of a public junior college. SECTION 2. 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.