88R8396 MM-D
By: Raney H.B. No. 3296
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting requirements regarding certain data related
to students at two-year public institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.0035(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The report must include the following information for
the junior college district for the academic year covered by the
report:
(1) the rate at which students completed courses
attempted;
(2) the number and types of degrees and certificates
awarded;
(3) the percentage of graduates who passed licensing
exams related to the degree or certificate awarded, to the extent
the information can be determined;
(4) the number of students or graduates who transfer
to or are admitted to a public university;
(5) the passing rates for students required to be
tested under Section 51.306;
(6) the percentage of students enrolled who are
academically disadvantaged;
(7) the percentage of students enrolled who are
economically disadvantaged;
(8) the racial and ethnic composition of the
district's student body; [and]
(9) the percentage of student contact hours taught by
full-time faculty; and
(10) the information regarding the district's students
reported by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in the
board's most recent report under Section 2308A.009(c), Government
Code.
SECTION 2. Section 2308A.009, Government Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Using existing resources and not later than April of
each year, the coordinating board shall gather, collate, maintain
in a manner that allows for public inspection, and report to the
legislature and statewide officeholders the following information
regarding students who attended two-year institutions of higher
education during the preceding academic year, disaggregated by
institution:
(1) the percentage of students who graduated from the
institution in that academic year or who otherwise left the
institution during or after that academic year, who are determined
by the coordinating board to be working in this state;
(2) the average first-year wage of students who
graduated from the institution in that academic year as calculated
using data available through the commission's unemployment
insurance wage records information; and
(3) the percentage of students who graduated from the
institution in that academic year or who otherwise left the
institution during or after that academic year who are enrolled in
another institution of higher education.
SECTION 3. Not later than April 1, 2024, the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board shall submit its initial report
required under Section 2308A.009(c), Government Code, as added by
this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.