Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1677
	1	+	By: Buckingham S.B. No. 1677
	2	+	(Frullo)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to eliminating certain reporting and posting requirements
6	8		for public institutions of higher education and other state
7	9		agencies and the requirement for a plan by certain school districts
8	10		to increase enrollment in public institutions of higher education.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 51.402(b), Education Code, is amended to
11	13		read as follows:
12	14		(b) The governing board of each institution of higher
13	15		education in the state shall adopt rules and regulations concerning
14	16		faculty academic workloads. In adopting rules under this
15	17		subsection, each institution shall recognize that classroom
16	18		teaching, basic and applied research, and professional development
17	19		are important elements of faculty academic workloads by giving
18	20		appropriate weight to each activity when determining the standards
19	21		for faculty academic workload. An institution may give the same or
20	22		different weight to each activity and to other activities
21	23		recognized by the institution as important elements of faculty
22	24		academic workloads. [The established rules and regulations of each
23	25		institution shall be included in the operating budgets of each
24	26		institution.]
25	27		SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
26	28		amended by adding Section 61.0341 to read as follows:
27	29		Sec. 61.0341. LIMITATION ON DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING
28	30		REQUIREMENTS. (a) The legislature finds that data collection and
29	31		reporting requirements for institutions of higher education must be
30	32		limited and reduced to the extent feasible.
31	33		(b) If the commissioner of higher education determines that
32	34		the board has access to an alternative means of collecting data or
33	35		receiving information to be included in a report sufficient to
34	36		fulfill a requirement under this code, the board by rule may
35	37		eliminate the reporting requirement for that data or information.
36	38		SECTION 3. Section 659.0201(b), Government Code, is amended
37	39		to read as follows:
38	40		(b) A state agency that accepts a gift, grant, donation, or
39	41		other consideration from a person that the person designates to be
40	42		used as a salary supplement for an employee of the agency shall post
41	43		on the agency's Internet website[, in addition to the information
42	44		required by Section 659.026,] the amount of each gift, grant,
43	45		donation, or other consideration provided by the person that is
44	46		designated to be used as a salary supplement for an employee of the
45	47		agency. The agency may not post the name of the person.
46	48		SECTION 4. The following provisions are repealed:
47	49		(1) Sections 29.904 and 51.4031, Education Code; and
48	50		(2) Section 659.026, Government Code.
49	51		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
50		-	______________________________ ______________________________
51		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
52		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1677 passed the Senate on
53		-	April 21, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
54		-	______________________________
55		-	Secretary of the Senate
56		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1677 passed the House on
57		-	May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 1, two
58		-	present not voting.
59		-	______________________________
60		-	Chief Clerk of the House
61		-	Approved:
62		-	______________________________
63		-	Date
64		-	______________________________
65		-	Governor