FORTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE

FIRST SESSION

February 23, 2005

SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT number ___1___ toSENATE BILL 161, as amended

Amendment sponsored by Senator

    1. On page 3, line 12, strike "and" and between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

             "(2) establish a process to identify courses as substantially equivalent. The process shall:

                  (a) include a procedure for each course whereby faculty members from each segment teaching the academic discipline will reach mutual agreement on the material to be taught and the competencies to be gained;

                  (b) ensure that the content of each course is comparable across institutions offering that course;

                  (c) ensure that substantially all the content agreed to among the institutions as the content to be covered by a course is in fact covered in that course and that students successfully completing the course will achieve like competencies with respect to the content covered; and

                  (d) ensure that the content requirements for each course will be sufficient to prepare students for upper division course work in that field; and".

    2. Renumber the succeeding paragraph accordingly.

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