| 1 | 1 | | By: Seliger, et al. S.B. No. 1531 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Branch) |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to providing information to entering undergraduate |
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| 8 | 8 | | students at certain general academic teaching institutions to |
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| 9 | 9 | | promote timely graduation. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 51.9195 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 51.9195. INFORMATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS |
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| 14 | 14 | | REGARDING BENEFITS OF TIMELY GRADUATION. (a) In this section, |
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| 15 | 15 | | "general academic teaching institution" and "public state college" |
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| 16 | 16 | | have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) This section applies only to a general academic teaching |
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| 18 | 18 | | institution other than a public state college. |
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| 19 | 19 | | (c) An institution to which this section applies shall |
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| 20 | 20 | | provide to each first-time entering undergraduate student, |
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| 21 | 21 | | including each undergraduate student who transfers to the |
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| 22 | 22 | | institution, information in electronic or paper format that |
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| 23 | 23 | | includes, based on a reasonable projection by the institution using |
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| 24 | 24 | | the most recently available data: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) a comparison of the average total amounts of |
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| 26 | 26 | | tuition and fees paid by a full-time student who graduates from the |
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| 27 | 27 | | institution in the following number of academic years: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (A) four years; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) five years; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (C) six years; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) an estimate of the average earnings lost by a |
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| 32 | 32 | | recent graduate of the institution as a result of graduating after |
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| 33 | 33 | | five or six years instead of four years. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (d) An institution to which this section applies shall |
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| 35 | 35 | | include with the information provided to a student under Subsection |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c): |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) a list of actions that the student can take to |
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| 38 | 38 | | facilitate graduating from the institution in a timely manner; and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) contact information for available academic, |
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| 40 | 40 | | career, and other related support services at the institution to |
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| 41 | 41 | | assist the student in that effort. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (e) An institution to which this section applies may satisfy |
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| 43 | 43 | | the requirements of Subsections (c)(1) and (2) with regard to a |
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| 44 | 44 | | student by providing the student with information that is more |
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| 45 | 45 | | specific than the information described by those subdivisions. |
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| 46 | 46 | | SECTION 2. Section 51.9195, Education Code, as added by |
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| 47 | 47 | | this Act, applies beginning with undergraduate students who |
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| 48 | 48 | | initially enroll in a general academic teaching institution for the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 2014 fall semester. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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