Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2146 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to collect data and maintain a database on minority participation in all aspects of public higher education, including data on applications, recruitment, admissions, retention, graduation, and professional licensing, at both undergraduate and graduate levels, and to maintain a continuous study of the data and factors affecting the data.

            House Bill 2146 also requires the coordinating board to study the effects of recent actions on the rates of minority applications and admissions at public colleges and universities in Texas, to recommend actions that may be taken to improve minority participation, and to report its findings to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house by December 1, 1998. Recent actions include legal developments (e.g., the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on Hopwood v. State) and changes in admissions procedures, standards, or practices at public colleges or universities.