| 1 | 1 | | 81R2476 JSA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Alonzo H.B. No. 241 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a study and report concerning predicted faculty |
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| 8 | 8 | | retirement at general academic teaching institutions. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 51.4021 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 51.4021. STUDY AND REPORT OF PREDICTED FACULTY |
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| 13 | 13 | | RETIREMENT. (a) In this section, "general academic teaching |
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| 14 | 14 | | institution," "governing board," and "university system" have the |
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| 15 | 15 | | meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) To address the predicted retirement of a growing portion |
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| 17 | 17 | | of university faculty in the coming years and the potential |
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| 18 | 18 | | problems associated with that retirement, each general academic |
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| 19 | 19 | | teaching institution shall conduct a study relating to faculty |
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| 20 | 20 | | member retirements that may occur through the end of the 2025 |
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| 21 | 21 | | academic year, including projections of the number and proportion |
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| 22 | 22 | | of faculty members expected to retire during that period, the first |
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| 23 | 23 | | academic year in which increasing retirements are expected to |
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| 24 | 24 | | result in faculty shortages, and methods that the institution could |
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| 25 | 25 | | reasonably implement to address those retirement issues through |
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| 26 | 26 | | recruitment of new faculty members or other means. The governing |
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| 27 | 27 | | board of an institution may appoint a committee to conduct the |
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| 28 | 28 | | study. A university system may carry out the requirements |
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| 29 | 29 | | prescribed by this subsection for the system's component |
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| 30 | 30 | | institutions or may direct one or more component institutions to |
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| 31 | 31 | | conduct the study for the system. |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) Each general academic teaching institution or |
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| 33 | 33 | | university system, as applicable, shall prepare a report based on |
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| 34 | 34 | | the study required by Subsection (b). The institution or system |
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| 35 | 35 | | shall submit the report to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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| 36 | 36 | | Board not later than August 1, 2010. The coordinating board shall |
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| 37 | 37 | | compile the reports submitted to the board under this subsection |
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| 38 | 38 | | and, not later than December 1, 2010, shall submit the compilation |
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| 39 | 39 | | to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house |
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| 40 | 40 | | of representatives, and the presiding officer of each legislative |
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| 41 | 41 | | standing committee or subcommittee with primary jurisdiction over |
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| 42 | 42 | | higher education. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (d) This section expires January 1, 2011. |
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| 44 | 44 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 45 | 45 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 46 | 46 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 48 | 48 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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