By: Shapiro, Shapleigh S.B. No. 174
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to online institution resumes for public institutions of
higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 3, Education Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 51A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 51A. ONLINE INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 51A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(2) "General academic teaching institution,"
"institution of higher education," "medical and dental unit,"
"public state college," and "public technical institute" have the
meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
Sec. 51A.002. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COORDINATING BOARD
RELATING TO INSTITUTION RESUMES; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
INSTITUTION RESUMES. (a) The coordinating board, in consultation
with each institution of higher education to which this chapter
applies, shall develop and maintain online resumes for each of
those institutions.
(b) The coordinating board shall:
(1) request from each institution of higher education
to which this chapter applies any information the coordinating
board considers necessary for the coordinating board to include
information or calculate data required to be included in the
institution's resume;
(2) establish for each institution of higher education
to which this chapter applies a list of representative in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions and maintain that list on the
coordinating board's Internet website;
(3) ensure that each of an institution of higher
education's online resumes:
(A) is available to the public on the
coordinating board's Internet website, in a one-page format if
possible, and is accessible through a link that appears in a
prominent place on the coordinating board's Internet website home
page;
(B) uses enhanced, user-friendly search
capabilities to ensure that the information required to be included
in the resume is easily accessible to the persons for whom the
resume is designed; and
(C) includes a clearly identifiable link to
information on the coordinating board's Internet website regarding
the coordinating board's higher education accountability system;
and
(4) ensure that the information provided in each
resume is accurate and up to date and includes the most recent data
available for out-of-state peer institutions.
(c) The coordinating board may modify, as the coordinating
board considers necessary, national data regarding an
institution's out-of-state peer institutions to ensure uniformity
in the comparison of that data to data regarding the institution for
which the resume is created and the institution's in-state peer
institutions in a resume under this chapter.
(d) The coordinating board is not required to include in the
resume any category of information that is unavailable to the
coordinating board.
Sec. 51A.003. DUTIES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
RELATING TO INSTITUTION RESUMES. Each institution of higher
education to which this chapter applies shall:
(1) submit to the coordinating board any information
requested by the coordinating board as necessary for the
coordinating board to include information or calculate data
required to be included in the institution's resumes; and
(2) ensure that the institution's Internet website
home page includes, in a prominent place, an accessible link to the
institution's online resumes maintained on the coordinating board's
Internet website.
[Sections 51A.004-51A.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. ONLINE INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR FOUR-YEAR GENERAL
ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS
Sec. 51A.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to general academic teaching institutions, other than
public state colleges.
Sec. 51A.052. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER
POLICY MAKERS. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each
institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume that
is designed for use by legislators and other interested policy
makers.
(b) The resume required by this section must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state or
out-of-state peer institutions must be listed in the form of the
average of that information for those institutions unless otherwise
prescribed by coordinating board rule.
(d) The resume must include the following information
relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
for which the information is available and compare that information
to the same information for the state fiscal year preceding the most
recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and
the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year
for which the information is available by five years:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT," the total number
of students enrolled in the institution during the fall semester
that ended in the fiscal year covered by the resume;
(2) under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
total academic costs for a resident undergraduate student enrolled
in 30 semester credit hours:
(A) at the institution; and
(B) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions;
(3) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
degree-seeking entering undergraduate students:
(i) enrolled in the institution after one
academic year and after two academic years; and
(ii) enrolled in the institution's in-state
peer institutions after two academic years;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students
requiring developmental education who, after six years from
entering the institution, graduated from or are still enrolled in:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(C) the four-year and six-year graduation rates
of full-time degree-seeking students:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions; and
(D) the average number of fall and spring
semesters of enrollment attempted by a student to obtain a
bachelor's degree:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(4) under the heading "FUNDING":
(A) the total amount of money appropriated by the
legislature to the institution, including money appropriated for
faculty and staff health coverage and retirement benefits; and
(B) the total amount of money from any source
available to the institution in that state fiscal year.
Sec. 51A.053. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
PARENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) The coordinating board
shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
applies an online resume that is designed for use by prospective
students of the institution, their parents, and other interested
members of the public. A resume required for an institution under
this section is not required to include information that the
coordinating board considers to be substantially duplicative of
information reported and available to the public through the
Voluntary System of Accountability Program.
(b) The resume must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state peer institutions.
(c) Except as otherwise provided by the coordinating board
under Subsection (a), the resume must include the following
information relating to the most recent state fiscal year for which
the information is available:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
(A) the total number of students enrolled in the
institution during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year
covered by the resume; and
(B) a clearly identifiable link to the
information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
ethnicity;
(2) under the heading "DEGREES AWARDED":
(A) the number of bachelor's degrees, number of
master's degrees, number of doctoral degrees, and number of
professional degrees awarded by the institution; and
(B) a clearly identifiable link to the
information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
ethnicity;
(3) under the heading "COSTS":
(A) the average annual total academic costs for a
resident undergraduate student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours
at the institution;
(B) clearly identifiable links to information
regarding:
(i) the rate or rates of tuition per
semester credit hour charged by the institution;
(ii) any mandatory fees, as defined by the
coordinating board, imposed by the institution; and
(iii) the amount and percentage by which
the institution has increased tuition for a degree program or
course level during the state fiscal year covered by the resume;
(C) the average cost of on-campus room and board
per student; and
(D) the average cost to a resident undergraduate
student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours for total academic
costs and on-campus room and board, excluding the cost of books,
supplies, transportation, or other expenses;
(4) under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
(A) the percentage of undergraduate students
enrolled in the institution who receive need-based grants or
scholarships;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students
enrolled in the institution who receive need-based grants,
scholarships, loans, or work-study funds;
(C) the average amount of an undergraduate
student's need-based grant and scholarship package; and
(D) the average amount of an undergraduate
student's need-based grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study
package;
(5) under the heading "ADMISSIONS":
(A) the middle 50 percent test score range of
first-time undergraduate students at the institution whose
Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores were in the 25th to 75th
percentile of students' scores at that institution;
(B) the middle 50 percent test score range of
first-time undergraduate students at the institution whose
American College Test (ACT) scores were in the 25th to 75th
percentile of students' scores at that institution; and
(C) the percentage of the students who applied
for first-time undergraduate admission to the institution who were
offered admission to the institution;
(6) under the heading "INSTRUCTION":
(A) the student/faculty ratio at the
institution;
(B) the percentage of organized undergraduate
classes offered by the institution in which fewer than 20 students
are enrolled;
(C) the percentage of organized undergraduate
classes offered by the institution in which more than 50 students
are enrolled; and
(D) the percentage of teaching faculty members of
the institution who are tenured or tenure-track;
(7) under the heading "BACCALAUREATE SUCCESS":
(A) four-year, five-year, and six-year
graduation rates for full-time bachelor's degree-seeking students
at the institution, and links to that information disaggregated by
student ethnicity; and
(B) the average number of fall and spring
semesters of enrollment attempted by a student to obtain a
bachelor's degree; and
(8) under the heading "FIRST-TIME LICENSURE OR
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION PASS RATES," the first-time licensure or
certification examination pass rates in the fields of education,
law, pharmacy, nursing, and engineering of students enrolled in the
institution or who have graduated from the institution.
[Sections 51A.054-51A.100 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER C. INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR LOWER-DIVISION INSTITUTIONS
Sec. 51A.101. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to the following institutions of higher education:
(1) public junior colleges;
(2) public technical institutes; and
(3) public state colleges.
Sec. 51A.102. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER
POLICY MAKERS. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each
institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume for
the institution designed for use by legislators and other
interested policy makers.
(b) The resume must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state peer institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state peer
institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
coordinating board rule.
(d) The resume must include the following information
relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
for which the information is available and compare that information
to the same information for the state fiscal year preceding the most
recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and
the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year
for which the information is available by five years:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT," the total number
of students enrolled in the institution for course credit during
the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the
resume;
(2) under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
total academic costs, which for a junior college must include those
costs for an in-district and an out-of-district student, for a
student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours toward a two-year
degree or certificate:
(A) at the institution; and
(B) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(3) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
credential-seeking entering undergraduate students:
(i) enrolled in the institution after two
academic years; and
(ii) enrolled in the institution's in-state
peer institutions after two academic years;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students
requiring developmental education who, after three years from
entering the institution, graduated from or are still enrolled in:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(C) the three-year, four-year, and six-year
graduation rates of full-time credential-seeking students:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(D) the percentage of students who transferred to
a general academic teaching institution or equivalent institution
of higher education, as determined using the accountability system
definition of a transfer student:
(i) from the institution; and
(ii) from the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(E) the percentage of graduates from the
preceding academic year who, as of the fall semester that ended in
the fiscal year covered by the resume, were either employed or
enrolled in a general academic teaching institution or equivalent
institution of higher education for:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(4) under the heading "FUNDING":
(A) the total amount of money appropriated by the
legislature to the institution for that state fiscal year,
including money appropriated for faculty and staff health coverage
and retirement benefits;
(B) the total amount of money from any source
available to the institution in that state fiscal year; and
(C) the tax rate per $100 valuation of taxable
property imposed by the junior college district, if the institution
is a public junior college.
Sec. 51A.103. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
PARENTS, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) The coordinating
board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
applies an online resume that is designed for use by prospective
students of the institution, their parents, and other interested
members of the public.
(b) The resume must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state peer institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state peer
institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
coordinating board rule.
(d) The resume must include the following information
relating to the most recent state fiscal year for which the
information is available:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
(A) the total number of students enrolled during
the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the
resume:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(B) a clearly identifiable link to information
described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student ethnicity;
(2) under the heading "DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
AWARDED":
(A) the number of degrees or certificates awarded
for each level, type, or other category of degree or certificate
specified by the coordinating board for purposes of this paragraph:
(i) by the institution; and
(ii) by the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(B) a clearly identifiable link to the
information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
ethnicity;
(3) under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
total academic costs, which for a junior college must include those
costs for an in-district and out-of-district student, for a student
enrolled in 30 semester credit hours toward a two-year degree:
(A) at the institution; and
(B) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(4) under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
(A) the percentage of students who receive
need-based grants or scholarships:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(B) the percentage of students who receive
need-based grants, scholarships, loans, or work-study funds:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(C) the average amount of a student's need-based
grant and scholarship package:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(D) the average amount of a student's need-based
grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study package:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(5) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
credential-seeking entering undergraduate students:
(i) enrolled in the institution after two
academic years; and
(ii) enrolled in the institution's in-state
peer institutions after two academic years;
(B) the percentage of students requiring
developmental education who, after three years from entering the
institution, have graduated from or are still enrolled in:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(C) the three-year, four-year, and six-year
graduation rates of full-time degree-seeking students:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(D) the percentage of students who transferred to
a general academic teaching institution or equivalent institution
of higher education, as determined using the accountability system
definition of a transfer student:
(i) from the institution; and
(ii) from the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(E) the percentage of graduates from the
preceding academic year who, as of the fall semester that ended in
the fiscal year covered by the resume, were either employed or
enrolled in a general academic teaching institution or equivalent
institution of higher education for:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions.
[Sections 51A.104-51A.150 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER D. ONLINE INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL
UNITS
Sec. 51A.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to medical and dental units.
Sec. 51A.152. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER
POLICY MAKERS. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each
institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume
designed for use by legislators and other interested policy makers.
(b) The resume must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state or
out-of-state peer institutions must be listed in the form of the
average of that information for those institutions unless otherwise
prescribed by coordinating board rule.
(d) The resume must include the following information
relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
for which the information is available and compare that information
to the same information for the state fiscal year preceding the most
recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and
the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year
for which the information is available by five years:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
(A) the total number of students enrolled in the
institution during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year
covered by the resume;
(B) if applicable, the total number of students
enrolled in the institution's medical school during that fall
semester; and
(C) if applicable, the total number of physicians
certified by the institution annually on September 1 as training in
residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic
Association;
(2) under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
total academic costs, including those costs identified by type of
degree program if required by coordinating board rule, for a
resident, full-time undergraduate student and for a resident,
full-time graduate student:
(A) at the institution; and
(B) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions;
(3) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) if applicable, the percentage of medical
school students who pass Part 1 or Part 2 of any examination
administered or accepted for a medical license under Subtitle B,
Title 3, Occupations Code:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions;
(B) if applicable, the percentage of medical
school students who are practicing primary care in this state:
(i) after graduating from the institution;
and
(ii) after graduating from the
institution's in-state peer institutions;
(C) the number of nursing degrees or allied
health degrees awarded for each level:
(i) by the institution; and
(ii) by the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions; and
(D) the estimated total amount of the
institution's research expenditures for the most recent state
fiscal year available; and
(4) under the heading "FUNDING":
(A) the total amount of money appropriated by the
legislature to the institution, including money appropriated for
faculty and staff health coverage and retirement benefits, for that
state fiscal year; and
(B) the total amount of money from any source
available to the institution for that state fiscal year.
Sec. 51A.153. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
PARENTS, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) The coordinating
board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
applies an online resume that is designed for use by prospective
students of the institution, their parents, and other interested
members of the public.
(b) The resume must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state peer
institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
coordinating board rules.
(d) The resume must include the following information
relating to the most recent state fiscal year for which the
information is available:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT," with clearly
identifiable links to the information disaggregated by student
ethnicity:
(A) the total number of students enrolled in the
institution during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year
covered by the resume;
(B) if applicable, the total number of students
enrolled in the institution's medical school during that fall
semester; and
(C) if applicable, the total number of physicians
certified by the institution annually on September 1 as training in
residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for
Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association
at the institution on the most recent September 1 for which the
information is available;
(2) under the heading "COSTS":
(A) the average annual total academic costs,
including those costs identified by type of degree program if
required by coordinating board rule, for a resident, full-time
student at the institution;
(B) clearly identifiable links to information
regarding:
(i) the tuition per academic year charged
by the institution under Section 54.051;
(ii) any mandatory fees, as defined by the
coordinating board, imposed by the institution; and
(iii) the amount and percentage by which
the institution has increased tuition for a degree program or
course level during the five state fiscal years preceding the state
fiscal year covered by the resume; and
(C) the average cost to a resident undergraduate
student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours for tuition and fees;
(3) under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
(A) the percentage of graduate students enrolled
in the institution who receive need-based grants or scholarships;
(B) the percentage of graduate students enrolled
in the institution who receive need-based grants, scholarships,
loans, or work-study funds;
(C) the average amount of a graduate student's
need-based grant and scholarship package; and
(D) the average amount of a graduate student's
need-based grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study package;
(4) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) if applicable, the percentage of medical
school students who pass Part 1 or Part 2 of any examination
administered or accepted for a medical license under Subtitle B,
Title 3, Occupations Code:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(B) if applicable, the percentage of medical
school students who are practicing primary care in this state:
(i) after graduating from the institution;
and
(ii) after graduating from the
institution's in-state peer institutions;
(C) the number of nursing degrees or allied
health degrees awarded for each level:
(i) by the institution; and
(ii) by the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(D) the estimated total amount of the
institution's research expenditures; and
(5) under the heading "FIRST-TIME LICENSURE OR
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION PASS RATES," the first-time licensure or
certification examination pass rates in applicable fields of
students who are enrolled in or have graduated from:
(A) the institution; and
(B) the institution's in-state peer
institutions.
SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
shall create the online institution resumes required by Chapter
51A, Education Code, as added by this Act, and provide the resumes
on the board's Internet website not later than February 1, 2010.
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, 2009.