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1	1	By: Bowers, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Kolkhorst) H.B. No. 5264
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
3	3	May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
4	4	Resources & Economic Development; May 22, 2023, reported
5	5	adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following
6	6	vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 22, 2023, sent to printer.)
7	7	Click here to see the committee vote
8	8	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 5264 By: Kolkhorst
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11	11	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
12	12	AN ACT
13	13	relating to the adoption and use of certain performance indicators
14	14	to measure and evaluate career school or college programs.
15	15	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	16	SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
17	17	amended by adding Section 132.027 to read as follows:
18	18	Sec. 132.027. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS. (a) In this
19	19	section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned
20	20	by Section 61.003.
21	21	(b) The commission shall adopt a set of performance
22	22	indicators for the purpose of measuring and evaluating career
23	23	schools or colleges and the quality of the learning and achievement
24	24	of students enrolled in programs operated by career schools or
25	25	colleges. The commission periodically shall review the indicators
26	26	and make appropriate revisions based on that review.
27	27	(c) The performance indicators adopted under Subsection (b)
28	28	must allow for the assessment of a career school or college program
29	29	with respect to:
30	30	(1) industry recognition of the program and the
31	31	corresponding value that industry attaches to the program and to
32	32	any certifications or licenses related to the program;
33	33	(2) the rate at which students are able to
34	34	successfully complete the program;
35	35	(3) the availability of a program-related
36	36	certification or license after a student completes the program;
37	37	(4) the likelihood that a certification or license
38	38	related to the program will:
39	39	(A) lead to postsecondary work, an
40	40	apprenticeship program, or established industry credentials; or
41	41	(B) support employment in this state;
42	42	(5) whether a program-related certification or
43	43	license will be awarded by an independent third-party organization
44	44	using predetermined standards for knowledge, skills, and
45	45	competencies;
46	46	(6) the inclusion of accepted best practices for the
47	47	program that align to best practices contained in:
48	48	(A) widely accepted industry standards; or
49	49	(B) standards established by an independent
50	50	third-party organization with expertise in gathering information
51	51	from employers related to the value attached to any certifications
52	52	or licenses related to the program; and
53	53	(7) for a nursing education program, whether the
54	54	program has resulted in a decrease in the number of clinical
55	55	practice positions available to students enrolled in nursing
56	56	programs in institutions of higher education in the region in which
57	57	the program is offered.
58	58	(d) The commission shall:
59	59	(1) develop a methodology for determining the minimum
60	60	acceptable standards for a career school or college based on the
61	61	performance indicators adopted under Subsection (b);
62	62	(2) evaluate annually between 15 and 20 percent of
63	63	career school and college programs in this state for compliance
64	64	with the minimum acceptable standards described by Subdivision (1);
65	65	and
66	66	(3) coordinate with the Texas Board of Nursing and
67	67	other appropriate state agencies in implementing and administering
68	68	this section.
69	69	(e) A career school or college offering a program that fails
70	70	to meet the minimum standards developed under Subsection (d) is
71	71	ineligible to:
72	72	(1) enter into a contract with a local workforce
73	73	development board with respect to that program; or
74	74	(2) obtain nursing clinical practice positions in this
75	75	state until the career school or college provides evidence
76	76	satisfactory to the commission and the Texas Board of Nursing that a
77	77	nursing education program offered by the career school or college
78	78	will not result in a decrease in the number of nursing clinical
79	79	practice positions available to students enrolled in nursing
80	80	programs in institutions of higher education in the region in which
81	81	the program is offered.
82	82	(f) Not later than September 1 of each year, the commission
83	83	shall publish a list of each career school and college program that
84	84	has been reviewed by the commission and that meets the minimum
85	85	acceptable standards developed under Subsection (d).
86	86	(g) Rules adopted by the commission under Section 132.021
87	87	must include rules for the periodic review of performance
88	88	indicators.
89	89	(h) On request by the commission, the Texas Board of Nursing
90	90	and other appropriate state agencies shall coordinate with the
91	91	commission for purposes of Subsection (d)(3), including by
92	92	providing available data or other information to the commission.
93	93	SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2025, the Texas
94	94	Workforce Commission shall publish the initial list required under
95	95	Section 132.027(f), Education Code, as added by this Act.
96	96	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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