82R32197 KYF-D
By: J. Davis of Harris H.R. No. 2611
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on Senate Bill 1534 (the operation,
certification, and accountability of career schools or colleges) to
consider and take action on the following matter:
House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the
committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house
or senate version of the bill by adding the following new SECTION to
the bill:
SECTION 1. Section 61.0904, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 61.0904. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL GROUPINGS. (a) At
least once every 10 years, the board shall conduct a review of the
institutional groupings under the board's higher education
accountability system, including a review of the criteria for and
definitions assigned to those groupings.
(b) The board shall include within the board's higher
education accountability system any career schools and colleges in
this state that offer degree programs. Regardless of whether the
board is conducting a periodic review of institutional groupings as
required by Subsection (a), the board shall determine whether to
create one or more separate institutional groupings for entities to
which this subsection applies. In implementing this subsection,
the board shall:
(1) consult with affected career schools and colleges
regarding the imposition of reporting requirements on those
entities; and
(2) adopt rules that clearly define the types and
amounts of information to be reported to the board.
(c) In advance of each regular session of the legislature,
the board shall report to each standing legislative committee with
primary jurisdiction over higher education regarding any entities
to which Subsection (b) applies that do not participate in the
board's higher education accountability system as provided by that
subsection.
Explanation: The addition of text is necessary to authorize
and direct the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to include
career schools and colleges in the board's higher education
accountability system.