85R1881 KSD-F     By: Murphy, Fallon H.B. No. 385       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the elimination of certain formula funding and dropped   course restrictions for students enrolled in accelerated,   affordable baccalaureate programs at public institutions of higher   education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.907, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:          (b-1)  This section does not apply to a student enrolled in   an accelerated baccalaureate program created in collaboration with   the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that uses a   competency-based model and year-round flat-rate tuition to   facilitate degree completion, as verified by the coordinating   board.          SECTION 2.  Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (r) to read as follows:          (r)  Notwithstanding any other law, the board may not exclude   from being counted in the hours reported to the Legislative Budget   Board for formula funding contact hours or semester credit hours   for a student's enrollment in a course for which the student has   previously generated formula funding for the same course if the   student is enrolled in an accelerated baccalaureate program created   in collaboration with the board that uses a competency-based model   and year-round flat-rate tuition to facilitate degree completion,   as verified by the board.           SECTION 3.  Section 61.0595, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:          (f-1)  In the formulas established under Section 61.059, the   board shall include without consideration of Subsection (a) or (e)   funding for semester credit hours earned by a student who is   enrolled in an accelerated baccalaureate program created by an   institution in collaboration with the board that uses a   competency-based model and year-round flat-rate tuition to   facilitate degree completion, as verified by the board.          SECTION 4.  Section 51.907(b-1), Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with the fall 2017 semester.          SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections   61.059 and 61.0595, Education Code, apply beginning with funding   recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the   state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2019.          SECTION 6.  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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.