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AN ACT
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relating to the formula funding for public institutions of higher |
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education for certain credit hours that do not count toward a |
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degree. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 61.0595(d), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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�������(d)��The following are not counted for purposes of |
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determining whether the student has previously earned the number of |
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semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a): |
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�������������(1)��semester credit hours earned by the student before |
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receiving a baccalaureate degree that has previously been awarded |
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to the student; |
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�������������(2)��semester credit hours earned by the student by |
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examination or under any other procedure by which credit is earned |
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without registering for a course for which tuition is charged; |
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�������������(3)��credit for a remedial education course, a |
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technical course, a workforce education course funded according to |
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contact hours, or another course that does not count toward a degree |
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program at the institution; [and] |
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�������������(4)��semester credit hours earned by the student at a |
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private institution or an out-of-state institution; and |
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�������������(5)��semester credit hours earned by the student before |
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graduating from high school and used to satisfy high school |
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graduation requirements. |
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�������SECTION�2.��The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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61.0595, Education Code, applies beginning with the funding |
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recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the |
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2011-2012 academic year. |
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�������SECTION�3.��This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.��If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 101 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 101 was passed by the Senate on May |
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27, 2009, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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APPROVED:��_____________________ |
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�����������������Governor������� |