| 1 | 1 | | 85R2926 KSD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1277 |
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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 a requirement that online admission application forms |
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| 8 | 8 | | for public institutions of higher education include a link to |
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| 9 | 9 | | certain employment data relating to fields of study. |
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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. Section 51.762, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b-1) An electronic common admission application form |
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| 14 | 14 | | adopted under this section must include a prominent link to the |
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| 15 | 15 | | Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics |
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| 16 | 16 | | ("Texas CREWS") report on gainful employment. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 51.763(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 18 | 18 | | read as follows: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (b) The form must: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) [shall] allow each applicant to: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (A) [(1)] apply electronically to one or more of |
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| 22 | 22 | | the general academic teaching institutions within the university |
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| 23 | 23 | | system; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) [(2)] indicate preferences for admission |
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| 25 | 25 | | between those institutions; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) include a prominent link to the Texas Consumer |
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| 27 | 27 | | Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics ("Texas CREWS") |
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| 28 | 28 | | report on gainful employment. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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| 30 | 30 | | and the governing board of a university system shall comply with |
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| 31 | 31 | | Section 51.762(b-1) or 51.763(b)(2), Education Code, as added by |
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| 32 | 32 | | this Act, as applicable, as soon as practicable following the |
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| 33 | 33 | | effective date of this Act but not later than January 1, 2018. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 35 | 35 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 36 | 36 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 37 | 37 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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