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House Bill 1000 |
House Author: Zerwas et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
Senate Sponsor: Seliger |
House Bill 1000 amends Education Code provisions relating to state funding for general academic teaching institutions, research universities, and emerging research universities in Texas. The bill establishes the core research support fund consisting of money appropriated by the legislature to provide funding to promote increased research capacity at emerging research universities. The bill provides for the appropriation of funds to an institution of higher education that is designated as an emerging research university under the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's accountability system, authorizes the coordinating board to audit the appropriate records of such an institution to verify information regarding the amount of research funds expended, authorizes such an institution to appeal to the advisory committee established by the coordinating board the coordinating board's decision regarding the institution's verified information relating to the amounts of restricted research expended, and specifies that money received from the fund may only be used for the support and maintenance of educational and general activities that promote increased research capacity at such an institution. The bill requires each institution that receives money from the core research support fund to prepare an annual report containing specified information and deliver a copy of the report to the coordinating board and the Legislative Budget Board.
The bill renames the Texas competitive knowledge fund as the Texas research university fund, the purpose of which is to provide funding to eligible research universities, and renames the research development fund as the Texas comprehensive research fund, the purpose of which is to provide funding to eligible general academic teaching institutions. In addition, the bill specifies that the Texas comprehensive research fund consists of money appropriated by the legislature to the eligible institutions.