| 1 | 1 | | 81R14093 KSD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Shapiro S.B. No. 1942 |
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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 performance incentive funding for public institutions |
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| 8 | 8 | | of higher education and to recognition of certain student |
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| 9 | 9 | | achievement on degree completion. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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| 12 | 12 | | Subchapter FF to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SUBCHAPTER FF. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE FUNDING |
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| 14 | 14 | | Sec. 61.9801. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE FUNDING FOR CERTAIN |
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| 15 | 15 | | GENERAL ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS. (a) This section applies |
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| 16 | 16 | | only to general academic teaching institutions other than public |
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| 17 | 17 | | state colleges. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) In this section: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) "Advanced degree" means a graduate or professional |
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| 20 | 20 | | degree for which a baccalaureate degree is usually required as a |
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| 21 | 21 | | prerequisite to admission into the degree program. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) "At-risk student" means a student of an |
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| 23 | 23 | | institution to which this section applies: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) whose score on the Scholastic Assessment Test |
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| 25 | 25 | | (SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) is less than the national |
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| 26 | 26 | | mean score of students' scores on that test; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (B) who has been awarded a grant under the |
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| 28 | 28 | | federal Pell Grant program; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (C) who was 20 years of age or older on the date |
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| 30 | 30 | | the student initially enrolled in the institution; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (D) who initially enrolled in the institution for |
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| 32 | 32 | | less than 12 semester credit hours during a fall or spring semester; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (E) who did not receive a high school diploma but |
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| 34 | 34 | | received a high school equivalency certificate; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (F) who may not be claimed by any other person as |
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| 36 | 36 | | a dependent for federal income tax purposes but may claim at least |
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| 37 | 37 | | one other person as a dependent for federal income tax purposes; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | (G) who is a single parent. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (3) "Critical field" means a field of study designated |
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| 40 | 40 | | as a critical field under Subsection (c). |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) Except as otherwise provided under Subdivision (2), the |
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| 42 | 42 | | fields of engineering, computer science, mathematics, physical |
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| 43 | 43 | | science, allied health, nursing, and teaching certification in the |
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| 44 | 44 | | field of science or mathematics are critical fields. Beginning |
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| 45 | 45 | | September 1, 2011, the board, based on the board's determination of |
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| 46 | 46 | | those fields of study in which the support and development of |
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| 47 | 47 | | postsecondary education programs at the bachelor's degree or |
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| 48 | 48 | | advanced degree level are most critically necessary for serving the |
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| 49 | 49 | | needs of this state, by rule may: |
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| 50 | 50 | | (1) designate as a critical field a field of study that |
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| 51 | 51 | | is not currently designated by this subsection or by the board as a |
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| 52 | 52 | | critical field; or |
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| 53 | 53 | | (2) remove a field of study from the list of fields |
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| 54 | 54 | | currently designated by this subsection or by the board as critical |
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| 55 | 55 | | fields. |
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| 56 | 56 | | (d) For each state fiscal year, the board shall distribute |
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| 57 | 57 | | any performance incentive funds appropriated by the legislature for |
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| 58 | 58 | | the purposes of this section, and any other funds made available for |
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| 59 | 59 | | the purposes of this section, to institutions to which this section |
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| 60 | 60 | | applies in proportion to the increase, if any, in the average number |
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| 61 | 61 | | of degrees awarded annually by each institution in the two most |
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| 62 | 62 | | recent fiscal years from the average number of degrees awarded |
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| 63 | 63 | | annually by that institution in the two fiscal years immediately |
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| 64 | 64 | | preceding those fiscal years, using the weights assigned to each |
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| 65 | 65 | | degree under the table prescribed by Subsection (e). |
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| 66 | 66 | | (e) A number of points is assigned for each degree awarded |
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| 67 | 67 | | by an eligible institution, other than a degree awarded to an |
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| 68 | 68 | | international student, according to the following table: |
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| 69 | 69 | | POINTS POINTS |
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| 70 | 70 | | POINTS |
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| 71 | 71 | | Noncritical Field/Not At-Risk Student 1.0 Noncritical Field/Not At-Risk Student 1.0 |
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| 72 | 72 | | Noncritical Field/Not At-Risk Student 1.0 |
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| 73 | 73 | | Noncritical Field/At-Risk Student 2.0 Noncritical Field/At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Noncritical Field/At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 75 | 75 | | Critical Field/Not At-Risk Student 2.0 Critical Field/Not At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 76 | 76 | | Critical Field/Not At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 77 | 77 | | Critical Field/At-Risk Student 3.0 Critical Field/At-Risk Student 3.0 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Critical Field/At-Risk Student 3.0 |
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| 79 | 79 | | Sec. 61.9802. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE FUNDING FOR PUBLIC |
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| 80 | 80 | | JUNIOR COLLEGES, PUBLIC TECHNICAL INSTITUTES, AND PUBLIC STATE |
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| 81 | 81 | | COLLEGES. (a) This section applies only to the following |
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| 82 | 82 | | institutions of higher education: |
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| 83 | 83 | | (1) public junior colleges; |
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| 84 | 84 | | (2) public technical institutes; and |
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| 85 | 85 | | (3) public state colleges. |
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| 86 | 86 | | (b) In this section: |
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| 87 | 87 | | (1) "At-risk student" means a student of an |
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| 88 | 88 | | institution to which this section applies: |
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| 89 | 89 | | (A) who graduated from high school with a |
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| 90 | 90 | | cumulative grade point average of less than 2.5 on a four-point |
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| 91 | 91 | | scale or the equivalent; |
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| 92 | 92 | | (B) who has been awarded a grant under the |
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| 93 | 93 | | federal Pell Grant program; |
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| 94 | 94 | | (C) who was 20 years of age or older on the date |
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| 95 | 95 | | the student enrolled in the institution for the first time; |
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| 96 | 96 | | (D) who initially enrolled in the institution for |
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| 97 | 97 | | less than 12 semester credit hours during a fall or spring semester; |
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| 98 | 98 | | (E) who did not receive a high school diploma but |
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| 99 | 99 | | received a high school equivalency certificate; |
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| 100 | 100 | | (F) who may not be claimed by any other person as |
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| 101 | 101 | | a dependent for federal income tax purposes but may claim at least |
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| 102 | 102 | | one other person as a dependent for federal income tax purposes; or |
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| 103 | 103 | | (G) who is a single parent. |
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| 104 | 104 | | (2) "Critical field" means a field of study designated |
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| 105 | 105 | | as a critical field under Subsection (c). |
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| 106 | 106 | | (c) Except as otherwise provided under Subdivision (2), the |
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| 107 | 107 | | fields of engineering technology, computer science, mathematics, |
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| 108 | 108 | | physical science, allied health, and nursing are critical fields. |
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| 109 | 109 | | Beginning September 1, 2011, the board, based on the board's |
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| 110 | 110 | | determination of those fields of study in which the support and |
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| 111 | 111 | | development of postsecondary education programs at the |
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| 112 | 112 | | lower-division level are most critically necessary for serving the |
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| 113 | 113 | | needs of this state, by rule may: |
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| 114 | 114 | | (1) designate as a critical field a field of study that |
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| 115 | 115 | | is not currently designated by this subsection or by the board as a |
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| 116 | 116 | | critical field; or |
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| 117 | 117 | | (2) remove a field of study from the list of fields |
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| 118 | 118 | | currently designated by this subsection or by the board as critical |
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| 119 | 119 | | fields. |
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| 120 | 120 | | (d) For each state fiscal year, the board shall distribute |
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| 121 | 121 | | any performance incentive funds appropriated by the legislature for |
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| 122 | 122 | | the purposes of this section, and any other funds made available for |
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| 123 | 123 | | the purposes of this section, to institutions to which this section |
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| 124 | 124 | | applies in proportion to the increase, if any, in the average number |
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| 125 | 125 | | of student transfers described by Subsection (g) and degrees and |
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| 126 | 126 | | certificates awarded annually by each institution in the two most |
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| 127 | 127 | | recent fiscal years from the average number of student transfers |
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| 128 | 128 | | described by Subsection (g) and degrees and certificates awarded |
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| 129 | 129 | | annually by that institution in the two fiscal years immediately |
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| 130 | 130 | | preceding those fiscal years, using the weights assigned to each |
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| 131 | 131 | | student transfer or degree or certificate under the table |
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| 132 | 132 | | prescribed by Subsection (h). |
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| 133 | 133 | | (e) Points may not be assigned under Subsection (h) for any |
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| 134 | 134 | | degree or certificate awarded: |
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| 135 | 135 | | (1) in a program on a topic or at a level that the board |
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| 136 | 136 | | determines does not merit funding under this section; or |
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| 137 | 137 | | (2) to an international student. |
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| 138 | 138 | | (f) Points may not be assigned under Subsection (h) for both |
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| 139 | 139 | | a student's certificate or degree and the student's transfer. |
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| 140 | 140 | | Points must be assigned for the student only in the category under |
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| 141 | 141 | | Subsection (h) in which the highest number of points will be |
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| 142 | 142 | | assigned for the student. |
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| 143 | 143 | | (g) Points may be assigned for a student transfer under |
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| 144 | 144 | | Subsection (h) only for a student of the institution who completed |
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| 145 | 145 | | at least 30 but not more than 70 semester credit hours at the |
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| 146 | 146 | | institution with a grade point average of at least 2.5 on a |
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| 147 | 147 | | four-point scale or the equivalent before transferring to a general |
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| 148 | 148 | | academic teaching institution other than a public state college. |
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| 149 | 149 | | (h) A number of points is assigned for each degree awarded |
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| 150 | 150 | | or student transfer by an eligible institution according to the |
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| 151 | 151 | | following table: |
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| 152 | 152 | | POINTS POINTS |
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| 153 | 153 | | POINTS |
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| 154 | 154 | | Level 1 Certificate/Noncritical Field/Not 1.0 Level 1 Certificate/Noncritical Field/Not 1.0 |
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| 155 | 155 | | Level 1 Certificate/Noncritical Field/Not 1.0 |
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| 156 | 156 | | At-Risk Student 1.0 At-Risk Student 1.0 |
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| 157 | 157 | | At-Risk Student 1.0 |
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| 158 | 158 | | Level 1 Certificate/Noncritical 1.5 Level 1 Certificate/Noncritical 1.5 |
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| 159 | 159 | | Level 1 Certificate/Noncritical 1.5 |
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| 160 | 160 | | Field/At-Risk Student 1.5 Field/At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 161 | 161 | | Field/At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 162 | 162 | | Level 1 Certificate/Critical Field/Not 1.5 Level 1 Certificate/Critical Field/Not 1.5 |
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| 163 | 163 | | Level 1 Certificate/Critical Field/Not 1.5 |
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| 164 | 164 | | At-Risk Student 1.5 At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 165 | 165 | | At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 166 | 166 | | Level 1 Certificate/Critical Field/At-Risk 2.0 Level 1 Certificate/Critical Field/At-Risk 2.0 |
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| 167 | 167 | | Level 1 Certificate/Critical Field/At-Risk 2.0 |
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| 168 | 168 | | Student 2.0 Student 2.0 |
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| 169 | 169 | | Student 2.0 |
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| 170 | 170 | | Level 2 Certificate/Noncritical Field/Not 1.5 Level 2 Certificate/Noncritical Field/Not 1.5 |
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| 171 | 171 | | Level 2 Certificate/Noncritical Field/Not 1.5 |
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| 172 | 172 | | At-Risk Student 1.5 At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 173 | 173 | | At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 174 | 174 | | Level 2 Certificate/Noncritical 2.0 Level 2 Certificate/Noncritical 2.0 |
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| 175 | 175 | | Level 2 Certificate/Noncritical 2.0 |
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| 176 | 176 | | Field/At-Risk Student 2.0 Field/At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 177 | 177 | | Field/At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 178 | 178 | | Level 2 Certificate/Critical Field/Not 2.0 Level 2 Certificate/Critical Field/Not 2.0 |
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| 179 | 179 | | Level 2 Certificate/Critical Field/Not 2.0 |
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| 180 | 180 | | At-Risk Student 2.0 At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 181 | 181 | | At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 182 | 182 | | Level 2 Certificate/Critical Field/At-Risk 2.5 Level 2 Certificate/Critical Field/At-Risk 2.5 |
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| 183 | 183 | | Level 2 Certificate/Critical Field/At-Risk 2.5 |
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| 184 | 184 | | Student 2.5 Student 2.5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | Student 2.5 |
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| 186 | 186 | | Associate's Degree/Noncritical Field/Not 2.0 Associate's Degree/Noncritical Field/Not 2.0 |
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| 187 | 187 | | Associate's Degree/Noncritical Field/Not 2.0 |
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| 188 | 188 | | At-Risk Student 2.0 At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 189 | 189 | | At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 190 | 190 | | Associate's Degree/Noncritical Field/At-Risk 2.5 Associate's Degree/Noncritical Field/At-Risk 2.5 |
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| 191 | 191 | | Associate's Degree/Noncritical Field/At-Risk 2.5 |
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| 192 | 192 | | Student 2.5 Student 2.5 |
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| 193 | 193 | | Student 2.5 |
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| 194 | 194 | | Associate's Degree/Critical Field/Not 2.5 Associate's Degree/Critical Field/Not 2.5 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Associate's Degree/Critical Field/Not 2.5 |
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| 196 | 196 | | At-Risk Student 2.5 At-Risk Student 2.5 |
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| 197 | 197 | | At-Risk Student 2.5 |
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| 198 | 198 | | Associate's Degree/Critical Field/At-Risk 3.0 Associate's Degree/Critical Field/At-Risk 3.0 |
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| 199 | 199 | | Associate's Degree/Critical Field/At-Risk 3.0 |
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| 200 | 200 | | Student 3.0 Student 3.0 |
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| 201 | 201 | | Student 3.0 |
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| 202 | 202 | | Student Transfer 2.0 Student Transfer 2.0 |
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| 203 | 203 | | Student Transfer 2.0 |
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| 204 | 204 | | Sec. 61.9803. PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE FUNDING FOR MEDICAL AND |
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| 205 | 205 | | DENTAL UNITS. (a) This section applies only to medical and dental |
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| 206 | 206 | | units. |
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| 207 | 207 | | (b) For each state fiscal year, the board shall distribute |
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| 208 | 208 | | any performance incentive funds appropriated by the legislature for |
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| 209 | 209 | | the purposes of this section, and any other funds made available for |
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| 210 | 210 | | the purposes of this section, to institutions to which this section |
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| 211 | 211 | | applies in proportion to the increase, if any, in the average number |
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| 212 | 212 | | of degrees and certificates awarded by, and medical residencies |
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| 213 | 213 | | completed at, each institution annually in the two most recent |
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| 214 | 214 | | fiscal years from the average number of degrees and certificates |
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| 215 | 215 | | awarded by, and medical residencies completed at, that institution |
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| 216 | 216 | | annually in the two fiscal years immediately preceding those fiscal |
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| 217 | 217 | | years, using the weights assigned to each degree, certificate, or |
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| 218 | 218 | | medical residency completion under the table prescribed by |
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| 219 | 219 | | Subsection (c). |
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| 220 | 220 | | (c) A number of points is assigned for each degree or |
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| 221 | 221 | | certificate awarded by, or medical residency completed at, an |
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| 222 | 222 | | eligible institution, other than a degree or certificate awarded to |
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| 223 | 223 | | or a medical residency completed by an international student, |
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| 224 | 224 | | according to the following table: |
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| 225 | 225 | | TYPE OF DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE POINTS TYPE OF DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE POINTS |
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| 226 | 226 | | TYPE OF DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE POINTS |
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| 227 | 227 | | Certificate requiring 30-60 Semester Credit Hours 0.5 Certificate requiring 30-60 Semester Credit Hours 0.5 |
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| 228 | 228 | | Certificate requiring 30-60 Semester Credit Hours 0.5 |
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| 229 | 229 | | Bachelor's or Master's 1.0 Bachelor's or Master's 1.0 |
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| 230 | 230 | | Bachelor's or Master's 1.0 |
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| 231 | 231 | | Doctoral following a Master's 1.0 Doctoral following a Master's 1.0 |
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| 232 | 232 | | Doctoral following a Master's 1.0 |
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| 233 | 233 | | Doctoral following a Bachelor's 2.0 Doctoral following a Bachelor's 2.0 |
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| 234 | 234 | | Doctoral following a Bachelor's 2.0 |
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| 235 | 235 | | Medical or Dental 2.0 Medical or Dental 2.0 |
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| 236 | 236 | | Medical or Dental 2.0 |
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| 237 | 237 | | Completed Medical Residency 2.0 Completed Medical Residency 2.0 |
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| 238 | 238 | | Completed Medical Residency 2.0 |
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| 239 | 239 | | Sec. 61.9804. TEXAS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AWARD PROGRAM. (a) |
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| 240 | 240 | | In this section: |
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| 241 | 241 | | (1) "At-risk student" includes any student who is an |
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| 242 | 242 | | at-risk student under Section 61.9801 or 61.9802. |
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| 243 | 243 | | (2) "Critical field" includes any field of study |
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| 244 | 244 | | designated as a critical field under Section 61.9801 or 61.9802. |
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| 245 | 245 | | (3) "End-of-degree examination" means an examination |
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| 246 | 246 | | approved by the board for purposes of this section as an effective |
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| 247 | 247 | | measure of the knowledge, skill, proficiency, and understanding |
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| 248 | 248 | | achieved by a student on completion of a degree program. |
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| 249 | 249 | | (4) "Licensing examination" means an examination |
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| 250 | 250 | | required for the issuance of a professional or occupational |
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| 251 | 251 | | license, except that in regard to an examination required for a |
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| 252 | 252 | | medical license, the term applies only to the first two sittings by |
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| 253 | 253 | | a student for any examination administered or accepted for that |
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| 254 | 254 | | purpose under Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code. |
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| 255 | 255 | | (b) The board shall administer the Texas Academic |
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| 256 | 256 | | Excellence Award Program, under which the board annually: |
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| 257 | 257 | | (1) presents a Texas Academic Excellence Award to each |
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| 258 | 258 | | graduate of an institution of higher education whose licensing |
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| 259 | 259 | | examination score or end-of-degree examination score exceeds the |
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| 260 | 260 | | national average of students' scores on that examination or, if the |
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| 261 | 261 | | examination is not administered nationally, exceeds the statewide |
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| 262 | 262 | | average of students' scores on that examination; and |
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| 263 | 263 | | (2) provides funds to the institutions of higher |
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| 264 | 264 | | education from which the award recipients graduated in accordance |
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| 265 | 265 | | with Subsection (c). |
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| 266 | 266 | | (c) For each state fiscal year, the board shall distribute |
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| 267 | 267 | | any funds appropriated by the legislature for the purposes of this |
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| 268 | 268 | | subsection, and any other funds made available for purposes of this |
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| 269 | 269 | | subsection, to the institutions of higher education from which the |
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| 270 | 270 | | Texas Academic Excellence Award recipients for that year graduated, |
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| 271 | 271 | | in proportion to the number of degrees awarded by each institution |
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| 272 | 272 | | to students receiving the award for that year, weighted according |
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| 273 | 273 | | to the weights assigned to the degrees under the table prescribed by |
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| 274 | 274 | | Section 61.9801(e), 61.9802(h), or 61.9803(c), as applicable, |
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| 275 | 275 | | including any additional weights assigned to students who are |
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| 276 | 276 | | at-risk students or who graduated with a degree in a critical field. |
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| 277 | 277 | | (d) The board shall hire consultants to assist the board in |
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| 278 | 278 | | determining which end-of-degree examinations to approve for |
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| 279 | 279 | | purposes of this section. |
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| 280 | 280 | | Sec. 61.9805. RULES. The board shall adopt rules for the |
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| 281 | 281 | | administration of this subchapter. |
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| 282 | 282 | | Sec. 61.9806. REPORT BY INSTITUTIONS TO BOARD. Not later |
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| 283 | 283 | | than September 1 of each year, each institution of higher education |
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| 284 | 284 | | shall compile and submit to the board, in accordance with rules |
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| 285 | 285 | | adopted by the board, a report that includes the following data |
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| 286 | 286 | | regarding each student who was awarded a degree or certificate by |
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| 287 | 287 | | the institution, completed a medical residency with the |
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| 288 | 288 | | institution, or transferred from the institution to a general |
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| 289 | 289 | | academic teaching institution other than a public state college, |
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| 290 | 290 | | during the preceding state fiscal year: |
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| 291 | 291 | | (1) the student's scores on the Scholastic Assessment |
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| 292 | 292 | | Test (SAT) and American College Test (ACT); |
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| 293 | 293 | | (2) for a student who transferred from the institution |
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| 294 | 294 | | without completing a degree or certificate, the number of semester |
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| 295 | 295 | | credit hours completed by the student at the institution; |
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| 296 | 296 | | (3) the student's grade point average on all course |
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| 297 | 297 | | work completed at the institution; |
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| 298 | 298 | | (4) whether the student received a grant under the |
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| 299 | 299 | | federal Pell Grant program; |
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| 300 | 300 | | (5) the age of the student on the date the student |
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| 301 | 301 | | initially enrolled in the institution; |
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| 302 | 302 | | (6) whether the student initially enrolled in the |
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| 303 | 303 | | institution for less than 12 semester credit hours during a fall or |
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| 304 | 304 | | spring semester; |
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| 305 | 305 | | (7) whether the student is an international student; |
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| 306 | 306 | | (8) whether any degree or certificate awarded to the |
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| 307 | 307 | | student by the institution is in a field designated as a critical |
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| 308 | 308 | | field under Section 61.9801 or Section 61.9802; and |
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| 309 | 309 | | (9) any other information required by the board. |
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| 310 | 310 | | Sec. 61.9807. REPORT TO BOARD AND LEGISLATURE BY EDUCATION |
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| 311 | 311 | | RESEARCH CENTER REGARDING EVALUATION OF POINT ASSIGNMENTS. Each |
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| 312 | 312 | | state fiscal biennium, the board shall provide for the evaluation |
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| 313 | 313 | | by an education research center established under Section 1.005 of |
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| 314 | 314 | | the points assigned under Sections 61.9801, 61.9802, and 61.9803. |
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| 315 | 315 | | Not later than June 1 of each even-numbered year, the education |
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| 316 | 316 | | research center shall submit to the board and the legislature a |
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| 317 | 317 | | written report regarding the center's evaluation under this |
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| 318 | 318 | | section, including any recommendations for changes to the points |
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| 319 | 319 | | assigned under those sections. |
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| 320 | 320 | | SECTION 2. Section 61.0591, Education Code, is repealed. |
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| 321 | 321 | | SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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| 322 | 322 | | shall adopt rules relating to the administration of Subchapter FF, |
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| 323 | 323 | | Chapter 61, Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as |
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| 324 | 324 | | practicable after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 325 | 325 | | SECTION 4. Section 61.9804, Education Code, as added by |
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| 326 | 326 | | this Act, applies beginning with licensing examinations and |
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| 327 | 327 | | end-of-degree examinations administered on or after September 1, |
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| 328 | 328 | | 2011. |
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| 329 | 329 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 330 | 330 | | |
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| 331 | 331 | | POINTS |
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| 332 | 332 | | |
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| 333 | 333 | | Noncritical Field/Not At-Risk Student 1.0 |
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| 334 | 334 | | |
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| 335 | 335 | | Noncritical Field/At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 336 | 336 | | |
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| 337 | 337 | | Critical Field/Not At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 338 | 338 | | |
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| 339 | 339 | | Critical Field/At-Risk Student 3.0 |
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| 340 | 340 | | |
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| 341 | 341 | | POINTS |
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| 342 | 342 | | |
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| 343 | 343 | | Level 1 Certificate/Noncritical Field/Not 1.0 |
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| 344 | 344 | | |
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| 345 | 345 | | At-Risk Student 1.0 |
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| 346 | 346 | | |
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| 347 | 347 | | Level 1 Certificate/Noncritical 1.5 |
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| 348 | 348 | | |
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| 349 | 349 | | Field/At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 350 | 350 | | |
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| 351 | 351 | | Level 1 Certificate/Critical Field/Not 1.5 |
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| 352 | 352 | | |
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| 353 | 353 | | At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 354 | 354 | | |
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| 355 | 355 | | Level 1 Certificate/Critical Field/At-Risk 2.0 |
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| 356 | 356 | | |
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| 357 | 357 | | Student 2.0 |
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| 358 | 358 | | |
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| 359 | 359 | | Level 2 Certificate/Noncritical Field/Not 1.5 |
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| 360 | 360 | | |
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| 361 | 361 | | At-Risk Student 1.5 |
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| 362 | 362 | | |
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| 363 | 363 | | Level 2 Certificate/Noncritical 2.0 |
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| 364 | 364 | | |
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| 365 | 365 | | Field/At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 366 | 366 | | |
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| 367 | 367 | | Level 2 Certificate/Critical Field/Not 2.0 |
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| 368 | 368 | | |
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| 369 | 369 | | At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 370 | 370 | | |
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| 371 | 371 | | Level 2 Certificate/Critical Field/At-Risk 2.5 |
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| 372 | 372 | | |
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| 373 | 373 | | Student 2.5 |
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| 374 | 374 | | |
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| 375 | 375 | | Associate's Degree/Noncritical Field/Not 2.0 |
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| 376 | 376 | | |
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| 377 | 377 | | At-Risk Student 2.0 |
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| 378 | 378 | | |
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| 379 | 379 | | Associate's Degree/Noncritical Field/At-Risk 2.5 |
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| 380 | 380 | | |
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| 381 | 381 | | Student 2.5 |
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| 382 | 382 | | |
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| 383 | 383 | | Associate's Degree/Critical Field/Not 2.5 |
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| 384 | 384 | | |
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| 385 | 385 | | At-Risk Student 2.5 |
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| 386 | 386 | | |
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| 387 | 387 | | Associate's Degree/Critical Field/At-Risk 3.0 |
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| 388 | 388 | | |
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| 389 | 389 | | Student 3.0 |
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| 390 | 390 | | |
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| 391 | 391 | | Student Transfer 2.0 |
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| 392 | 392 | | |
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| 393 | 393 | | TYPE OF DEGREE OR CERTIFICATE POINTS |
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| 394 | 394 | | |
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| 395 | 395 | | Certificate requiring 30-60 Semester Credit Hours 0.5 |
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| 396 | 396 | | |
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| 397 | 397 | | Bachelor's or Master's 1.0 |
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| 398 | 398 | | |
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| 399 | 399 | | Doctoral following a Master's 1.0 |
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| 400 | 400 | | |
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| 401 | 401 | | Doctoral following a Bachelor's 2.0 |
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| 402 | 402 | | |
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| 403 | 403 | | Medical or Dental 2.0 |
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| 404 | 404 | | |
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| 405 | 405 | | Completed Medical Residency 2.0 |
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