82R2149 JRJ-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 200
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an evaluation by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board of reports required of institutions of higher
education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0905 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0905. EVALUATION OF REQUIRED REPORTS. (a) The
board shall consult with institutions of higher education, members
of each standing committee of the legislature with primary
jurisdiction over higher education, the comptroller, the
Legislative Budget Board, the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission, the Texas Education Agency, and other interested state
agencies and stakeholders, to evaluate the necessity of all
reporting requirements applicable to institutions of higher
education and create a list of those reports considered necessary.
(b) Not later than May 1, 2012, the board shall submit the
list of reports created under Subsection (a) to each standing
committee of the legislature with primary jurisdiction over higher
education with recommendations for statutory amendment regarding
higher education reporting requirements, including any
recommendations for eliminating duplicative requirements and
streamlining reporting.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2013.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.