87R11925 KJE-D
By: West S.B. No. 1963
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a transferability report card for public institutions
of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.96854 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.96854. TRANSFERABILITY REPORT CARD. (a) In this
section:
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) Not later than March 1 of each year, an institution of
higher education shall post on the institution's Internet website a
transferability report card that indicates for the preceding
academic year:
(1) the total number of semester credit hours or the
equivalent for which undergraduate students transferring to the
institution applied for transfer credit; and
(2) the percentage of the semester credit hours or the
equivalent described by Subdivision (1) for which students received
transfer credit.
(c) The coordinating board, in consultation with
institutions of higher education, shall develop a model
transferability report card for use under Subsection (b).
(d) Not later than April 1 of each year, the coordinating
board shall post on the coordinating board's Internet website a
list of each institution of higher education's transferability
percentage described by Subsection (b)(2).
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
develop the model transferability report card required under
Section 51.96854(c), Education Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. (a) Not later than March 1, 2022, each public
institution of higher education shall post on the institution's
Internet website the initial transferability report card required
under Section 51.96854(b), Education Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Not later than April 1, 2022, the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board shall post on the board's Internet website the
initial list required under Section 51.96854(d), Education Code, as
added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.