83R4898 KSD-D
By: Branch H.B. No. 3519
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing information to entering undergraduate
students at general academic teaching institutions to promote
timely graduation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.9195 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.9195. INFORMATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
REGARDING BENEFITS OF TIMELY GRADUATION. (a) In this section,
"general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by
Section 61.003.
(b) Each general academic teaching institution shall
provide to each first-time entering undergraduate student,
including each undergraduate student who transfers to the
institution, a statement that includes:
(1) a comparison of the average total academic costs
paid by a full-time student who graduates from the institution in
the following number of academic years:
(A) four years;
(B) five years; and
(C) six years; and
(2) an estimate of the average earnings lost by a
recent graduate of the institution as a result of graduating after
five or six years instead of four years.
(c) A general academic teaching institution shall include
with the statement provided to a student under Subsection (b):
(1) a list of actions that the student can take to
facilitate graduating from the institution in a timely manner; and
(2) contact information for available academic,
career, and other related support services at the institution to
assist the student in that effort.
(d) In consultation with general academic teaching
institutions, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
adopt any rules the coordinating board considers appropriate for
the administration of this section.
SECTION 2. Section 51.9195, Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with undergraduate students who
initially enroll in a general academic teaching institution for the
2014 fall semester.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.