85R13097 PMO-D By: Alonzo H.B. No. 2920 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to an audit of faculty composition by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 61.09010 to read as follows: Sec. 61.09010. AUDIT OF FACULTY COMPOSITION. (a) The board shall conduct an annual audit of information and data related to the age, gender, and race or ethnic composition of the faculty of institutions of higher education. (b) The board may require an institution of higher education to report to the board the data and information the board considers necessary to conduct a thorough audit under Subsection (a), including data related to the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of each faculty member of the institution. (c) The board shall analyze the data and other information audited under Subsection (a) to evaluate and determine the appropriate hiring needs for future faculty at institutions of higher education. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.