85R6856 KSD-D     By: Campbell S.B. No. 1845       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the development of transferable degree or certificate   program curricula for which qualified veterans or military service   members may be awarded course credit based on military service.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter S, Chapter 61, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 61.835 to read as follows:          Sec. 61.835.  TRANSFERABLE COLLEGE CREDIT FOR HEROES   CURRICULA. (a) To promote the purposes of the College Credit for   Heroes program established under Section 302.0031, Labor Code, the   board, in consultation with the Texas Workforce Commission, the   Texas Veterans Commission, and institutions of higher education,   shall:                (1)  develop standardized curricula within degree and   certificate programs commonly offered by institutions of higher   education toward which qualified veterans or military service   members may be awarded appropriate academic credit for experience,   education, and training earned during military service; and                (2)  require the transferability between institutions   of higher education of course credit for curricula developed under   this section that is awarded to qualified veterans or military   service members.          (b)  The board shall adopt rules for the administration of   this section.          SECTION 2.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board   shall adopt the initial rules required by Section 61.835, Education   Code, as added by this Act, not later than May 1, 2018.          SECTION 3.  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.