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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a transferability report card for certain public |
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institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.96854 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.96854. TRANSFERABILITY REPORT CARD. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board. |
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(2) "General academic teaching institution" and |
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"public state college" have the meanings assigned by Section |
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61.003. |
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(b) Not later than March 1 of each year, a general academic |
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teaching institution other than a public state college shall post |
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on the institution's Internet website a transferability report card |
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that indicates for the preceding academic year: |
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(1) the total number of semester credit hours or the |
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equivalent for which undergraduate students transferring to the |
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institution applied for transfer credit; and |
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(2) the percentage of the semester credit hours or the |
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equivalent described by Subdivision (1) for which students received |
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transfer credit. |
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(c) The coordinating board, in consultation with general |
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academic teaching institutions to which Subsection (b) applies, |
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shall develop a model transferability report card for use under |
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Subsection (b). |
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(d) Not later than April 1 of each year, the coordinating |
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board shall post on the coordinating board's Internet website a |
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list stating the transferability percentage described by |
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Subsection (b)(2) of each general academic teaching institution |
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other than a public state college. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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develop the model transferability report card required under |
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Section 51.96854(c), Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. (a) Not later than March 1, 2023, each public |
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institution of higher education to which Section 51.96854(b), |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, applies shall post on the |
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institution's Internet website the initial transferability report |
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card required under that subsection. |
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(b) Not later than April 1, 2023, the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board shall post on the board's Internet website the |
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initial list required under Section 51.96854(d), Education Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |