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1	1	By: Shapiro S.B. No. 1472
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development;
4	4	April 26, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5	5	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 26, 2011,
6	6	sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1472 By: Harris
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10	10	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	relating to the coordinated dissemination of online information
13	13	regarding the operation and performance of certain for-profit
14	14	educational entities.
15	15	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	16	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
17	17	amended by adding Section 61.0778 to read as follows:
18	18	Sec. 61.0778. ONLINE INFORMATION REGARDING CERTAIN
19	19	FOR-PROFIT EDUCATIONAL ENTITIES. (a) In this section,
20	20	"commission" means the Texas Workforce Commission.
21	21	(b) The board and commission jointly shall develop a
22	22	comprehensive strategy to improve and coordinate the dissemination
23	23	of online information regarding the operation and performance of
24	24	for-profit private postsecondary educational institutions and
25	25	for-profit career schools or colleges in this state. As part of the
26	26	comprehensive strategy, the board and the commission shall compile,
27	27	share, and compare existing data and other applicable information
28	28	under the control of each agency and shall organize that
29	29	information as nearly as possible according to the categories of
30	30	information required for the online resumes of lower-division
31	31	public institutions under Section 51A.103.
32	32	(c) For each for-profit private postsecondary educational
33	33	institution or for-profit career school or college that the board
34	34	or commission identifies as doing business in this state, the board
35	35	and commission shall each publish on the agency's Internet website
36	36	any information described by Subsection (b) that the board and
37	37	commission jointly determine would assist a person in deciding
38	38	whether to enroll in the institution, school, or college or in
39	39	identifying or choosing which institution, school, or college to
40	40	attend. The websites must:
41	41	(1) present information regarding those institutions,
42	42	schools, and colleges in a manner that is:
43	43	(A) to the extent practicable, consistent among
44	44	the institutions, schools, and colleges; and
45	45	(B) easily accessible and readily understandable
46	46	to the public; and
47	47	(2) allow for interactive online reporting of
48	48	complaints from the public about a specific institution, school, or
49	49	college.
50	50	(d) The board and commission shall each refer any complaint
51	51	the agency receives under Subsection (c)(2) regarding the operation
52	52	and performance of a for-profit private postsecondary educational
53	53	institution or for-profit career school or college to the consumer
54	54	protection division of the attorney general's office for timely
55	55	investigation and resolution of the complaint.
56	56	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
57	57	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
58	58	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
59	59	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
60	60	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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