89R19685 TYPED
By: Hagenbuch S.B. No. 2848
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to performance-based funding goals for general academic
teaching institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by
adding a subsection (t) to read as follows:
(t) In addition to other funding authorized by this section,
beginning in the 2026-27 biennium, the legislature shall
appropriate funding to general academic teaching institutions
using an allocation methodology that includes outcome measures to
incentivize students' timely graduation. The total amount of
performance-based funding authorized by this subsection shall
constitute not less than 15 percent of the sum of the total amount
of performance-based funding distributed to all eligible
institutions and the total amount of other formula funding
authorized by this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.