TITLE: Relating to the funding of dual credit courses provided by public institutions of higher education.

SUMMARY: Relating to the funding of dual credit courses provided by public institutions of higher education.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the funding of dual credit courses provided by public institutions of higher education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (s) to read as follows: (s) In devising its funding formulas under this section and Section 130.003 for dual credit courses, including courses for joint high school and junior college credit under Section 130.008, the board shall ensure that an institution of higher education receives the same level of funding for providing a dual credit course as every other institution of higher education receives for providing the same course or a substantially similar course. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.