87R26814 KJE-D
By: West S.B. No. 1963
(Turner of Tarrant)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1963: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reporting by certain public institutions of higher
education on the transferability of credit and to a transferability
report card for those institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.4033, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) Not later than August [March] 1 of each year and in the
form prescribed by the coordinating board, each general academic
teaching institution shall provide to the coordinating board and
the legislature a report describing any courses in the
Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor
adopted by the coordinating board for which a student who transfers
to the institution from another institution of higher education is
not granted:
(1) academic credit at the receiving institution; or
(2) if the student has declared a major and has not
changed majors, academic credit toward the student's major at the
receiving institution.
(c) Each general academic teaching institution shall
annually post on the institution's Internet website a
transferability report card using the data reported under this
section. The report card must:
(1) be designed to provide information to students in
a concise manner; and
(2) include a summary of the data reported under this
section.
(d) The coordinating board shall:
(1) in consultation with general academic teaching
institutions, develop a model transferability report card for use
under Subsection (c); and
(2) post on the coordinating board's Internet website
each general academic teaching institution's transferability
report card posted on the institution's Internet website under
Subsection (c).
SECTION 2. Section 51.4034, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
as follows:
(a) Not later than August [March] 1 of each year and in the
form prescribed by the coordinating board, each public junior
college shall provide to the coordinating board and the legislature
a report on courses taken by students who, during the preceding
academic year, transferred to a general academic teaching
institution or earned an associate degree at the college.
(c) Each public junior college shall annually post on the
college's Internet website a transferability report card using the
data reported under this section. The report card must:
(1) be designed to provide information to students in
a concise manner; and
(2) include a summary of the data reported under this
section, including the percentage of courses attempted that were
also completed at the college, disaggregated by each category
described by Subsection (b).
(d) The coordinating board shall:
(1) in consultation with public junior colleges,
develop a model transferability report card for use under
Subsection (c); and
(2) post on the coordinating board's Internet website
each public junior college's transferability report card posted on
the college's Internet website under Subsection (c).
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
develop the model transferability report cards required under
Sections 51.4033(d) and 51.4034(d), Education Code, as added by
this Act.
SECTION 4. (a) Not later than August 1, 2023:
(1) each general academic teaching institution shall
post on the institution's Internet website the initial
transferability report card required under Section 51.4033(c),
Education Code, as added by this Act; and
(2) each public junior college shall post on the
college's Internet website the initial transferability report card
required under Section 51.4034(c), Education Code, as added by this
Act.
(b) Not later than September 1, 2023, the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall post on the board's Internet
website the initial transferability report cards as required under
Sections 51.4033(d) and 51.4034(d), Education Code, as added by
this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.