By: Zaffirini, Davis S.B. No. 38
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the inclusion of certain private postsecondary
educational institutions and career schools and colleges in the
higher education accountability system of the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
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 for-profit private
postsecondary educational institutions or for-profit 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 private postsecondary
educational institutions and 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.
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.