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AN ACT
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relating to promoting the retention and graduation of students |
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enrolled in professional nursing programs. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0901 to read as follows: |
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�������Sec.�61.0901.��INCENTIVES TO PROMOTE RETENTION AND |
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GRADUATION OF NURSING STUDENTS. �(a)��In this section, |
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"professional nursing program" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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61.9621. |
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�������(b)��The board shall consider and develop methods to promote |
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the retention and graduation of students enrolled in a professional |
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nursing program and shall adopt rules to implement those methods |
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the board considers feasible, including recommendations on |
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financial aid. |
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�������(c)��The board by rule shall establish a program to recognize |
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a professional nursing program that achieves a graduation rate of |
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85 percent or more. |
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�������SECTION�2.��Not later than December 1, 2007, the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board shall adopt the rules required by |
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Subsection (c), Section 61.0901, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�138 passed the Senate on |
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March�14,�2007, by the following vote:��Yeas�30, Nays�0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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�������I hereby certify that S.B.�No.�138 passed the House on |
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May�17,�2007, by the following vote:��Yeas�143, Nays�0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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Approved: |
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����������Governor |