87R12053 MM-D
By: Frullo H.B. No. 4247
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eliminating reporting requirements for public
institutions of higher education and the requirement for a plan by
certain school districts to increase enrollment in public
institutions of higher educations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0341 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0341. LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS. (a) The legislature finds that data collection and
reporting requirements for institutions of higher education must be
limited and reduced to the extent feasible.
(b) If the commissioner of higher education determines that
the board has access to an alternative means of collecting data or
receiving information to be included in a report sufficient to
fulfill a requirement under this code, the board by rule may
eliminate the reporting requirement for that data or information.
SECTION 2. The following provisions of the Education Code
are repealed:
(1) Section 29.904; and
(2) Section 51.4031.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.