84R11953 KSD-D
By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1625
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to consumer information regarding career schools and
colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 132.0221 to read as follows:
Sec. 132.0221. CAREER SCHOOL OR COLLEGE DATABASE
INFORMATION. (a) To facilitate a consumer's informed selection
among career schools and colleges, the commission shall include in
its searchable database of licensed career schools and colleges the
student loan default rates and average per-student student loan
debt of each career school or college in addition to any other
information the commission considers appropriate for inclusion in
the database.
(b) Each career school or college shall provide to a
prospective student, before the student's enrollment in the school
or college, the most recent information included in the
commission's database regarding the school or college.
SECTION 2. The Texas Workforce Commission shall ensure that
its searchable database of licensed career schools and colleges
includes the information prescribed by Section 132.0221, Education
Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2016.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.