SB418 amends Texas Education Code to change requirements for public junior colleges offering baccalaureate degrees.

SB418 modifies the Texas Education Code to change the criteria for public junior colleges offering baccalaureate degrees. It removes a previous requirement that a junior college district must have a taxable property valuation of at least $6 billion in the preceding year to offer such degrees. Instead, it mandates that these degree programs remain subject to the continuing approval of the coordinating board. The bill also limits the number of baccalaureate degree programs a public junior college can offer to no more than five at any time.

SB418 amends Texas Education Code to change requirements for public junior colleges offering baccalaureate degrees.

SB418 modifies the Texas Education Code to change the criteria for public junior colleges offering baccalaureate degrees. It removes a previous requirement that a junior college district must have a taxable property valuation of at least $6 billion in the preceding year to offer such degrees. Instead, it mandates that these degree programs remain subject to the continuing approval of the coordinating board. The bill also limits the number of baccalaureate degree programs a public junior college can offer to no more than five at any time.