81R5485 JRJ-D
By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1085
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a report to the legislature regarding funding for
campuses of public institutions of higher education located outside
the United States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0691 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0691. REPORT ON FUNDING FOR CAMPUSES LOCATED
OUTSIDE UNITED STATES. (a) Each biennium, the board shall require
each university system or institution of higher education that
maintains a campus outside the United States to report to the board
detailed information regarding the sources of funding for the
campus, including the tuition and fees charged to students enrolled
at the campus, and the manner in which the funds are disbursed.
(b) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
the board shall prepare and submit to the presiding officer of each
house of the legislature a written report based on the information
received by the board under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.