H.B. No. 1287
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that each state university's Internet
website include a link to certain employment data.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.9746 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.9746. INTERNET ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT DATA. (a) In
this section, "general academic teaching institution" and "public
state college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) Each general academic teaching institution other than a
public state college shall maintain in a prominent location on the
institution's Internet website a link to the Texas Consumer
Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics ("Texas CREWS")
report on gainful employment applicable to the institution for the
most recent year for which that report is available.
SECTION 2. Each general academic teaching institution other
than a public state college shall comply with Section 51.9746,
Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable
following the effective date of this Act, but not later than
February 1, 2016.
SECTION 3. 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, 2015.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1287 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1287 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor