Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	H.B. No. 277
	1	+	By: Oliverson, et al. H.B. No. 277
	2	+	(Senate Sponsor - Creighton)
	3	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 21, 2019;
	4	+	March 27, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
	5	+	Education; May 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	6	+	Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	10	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	11		AN ACT
5	12		relating to a requirement that online admission application forms
6	13		for public institutions of higher education include a link to
7	14		certain comparative gainful employment data.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Section 51.762, Education Code, is amended by
10	17		adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
11	18		(b-1) An electronic common admission application form
12	19		adopted under this section must include a prominent link to
13	20		comparative gainful employment data regarding institutions of
14	21		higher education, including information described by Section
15	22		7.040, on a website maintained by the board using data compiled by
16	23		the board in coordination with the Texas Workforce Commission.
17	24		SECTION 2. Section 51.763(b), Education Code, is amended to
18	25		read as follows:
19	26		(b) The form must:
20	27		(1) [shall] allow each applicant to:
21	28		(A) [(1)] apply electronically to one or more of
22	29		the general academic teaching institutions within the university
23	30		system; and
24	31		(B) [(2)] indicate preferences for admission
25	32		between those institutions; and
26	33		(2) include a prominent link to comparative gainful
27	34		employment data regarding institutions of higher education,
28	35		including information described by Section 7.040, on a website
29	36		maintained by the board using data compiled by the board in
30	37		coordination with the Texas Workforce Commission.
31	38		SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
32	39		and the governing board of a university system shall comply with
33	40		Section 51.762(b-1) or 51.763(b)(2), Education Code, as added by
34	41		this Act, as applicable, as soon as practicable following the
35	42		effective date of this Act but not later than January 1, 2020.
36	43		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
37	44		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
38	45		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
39	46		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
40	47		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
41		-	______________________________ ______________________________
42		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
43		-	I certify that H.B. No. 277 was passed by the House on March
44		-	20, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
45		-	voting.
46		-	______________________________
47		-	Chief Clerk of the House
48		-	I certify that H.B. No. 277 was passed by the Senate on May
49		-	21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
50		-	______________________________
51		-	Secretary of the Senate
52		-	APPROVED: _____________________
53		-	Date
54		-	_____________________
55		-	Governor
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