Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1407 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R8236 KSD-D
2	2	By: Ortega H.B. No. 1407
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the eligibility requirements for receiving
8	8	distributions from the national research university fund.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 62.145(a), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(a) A general academic teaching institution becomes
13	13	eligible to receive an initial distribution of money appropriated
14	14	under this subchapter for a state fiscal year if:
15	15	(1) the institution is designated as an emerging
16	16	research university under the coordinating board's accountability
17	17	system;
18	18	(2) in each of the two state fiscal years preceding the
19	19	state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, the
20	20	institution expended at least $45 million in restricted research
21	21	funds; and
22	22	(3) the institution:
23	23	(A) satisfies at least four of the following
24	24	criteria:
25	25	(i) [(A)] the value of the institution's
26	26	endowment funds is at least $400 million in each of the two state
27	27	fiscal years preceding the state fiscal year for which the
28	28	appropriation is made;
29	29	(ii) [(B)] the institution awarded at least
30	30	200 doctor of philosophy degrees during each of the two academic
31	31	years preceding the state fiscal year for which the appropriation
32	32	is made;
33	33	(iii) [(C)] the entering freshman class of
34	34	the institution for each of those two academic years demonstrated
35	35	high academic achievement, as determined according to standards
36	36	prescribed by the coordinating board by rule, giving consideration
37	37	to the future educational needs of the state as articulated in the
38	38	coordinating board's "Closing the Gaps" report;
39	39	(iv) [(D)] the institution is designated as
40	40	a member of the Association of Research Libraries or has a Phi Beta
41	41	Kappa chapter or has received an equivalent recognition of research
42	42	capabilities and scholarly attainment as determined according to
43	43	standards prescribed by the coordinating board by rule;
44	44	(v) [(E)] the faculty of the institution
45	45	for each of those two academic years was of high quality, as
46	46	determined according to coordinating board standards based on the
47	47	professional achievement and recognition of the institution's
48	48	faculty, including the election of faculty members to national
49	49	academies; and
50	50	(vi) [(F)] for each of those two academic
51	51	years, the institution has demonstrated a commitment to
52	52	high-quality graduate education, as determined according to
53	53	standards prescribed by the coordinating board by rule, including
54	54	standards relating to the number of graduate-level programs at the
55	55	institution, the institution's admission standards for graduate
56	56	programs, and the level of institutional support for graduate
57	57	students; or
58	58	(B) satisfies at least one of the criteria listed
59	59	in Paragraph (A) and is classified as an R1 doctorate-granting
60	60	university, or an equivalent designation if those classifications
61	61	are revised, under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of
62	62	Higher Education.
63	63	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
64	64	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
65	65	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
66	66	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
67	67	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.