H.B. No. 277
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that online admission application forms
for public institutions of higher education include a link to
certain comparative gainful employment data.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.762, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) An electronic common admission application form
adopted under this section must include a prominent link to
comparative gainful employment data regarding institutions of
higher education, including information described by Section
7.040, on a website maintained by the board using data compiled by
the board in coordination with the Texas Workforce Commission.
SECTION 2. Section 51.763(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The form must:
(1) [shall] allow each applicant to:
(A) [(1)] apply electronically to one or more of
the general academic teaching institutions within the university
system; and
(B) [(2)] indicate preferences for admission
between those institutions; and
(2) include a prominent link to comparative gainful
employment data regarding institutions of higher education,
including information described by Section 7.040, on a website
maintained by the board using data compiled by the board in
coordination with the Texas Workforce Commission.
SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
and the governing board of a university system shall comply with
Section 51.762(b-1) or 51.763(b)(2), Education Code, as added by
this Act, as applicable, as soon as practicable following the
effective date of this Act but not later than January 1, 2020.
SECTION 4. 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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 277 was passed by the House on March
20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 277 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor