By: Zaffirini S.C.R. No. 84
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, Women and members of ethnic and racial minority
1-2 groups are underrepresented at all levels among administrators,
1-3 faculty, and professional staff at public institutions of higher
1-4 education in the state; and
1-5 WHEREAS, Members of ethnic and racial minority groups are
1-6 underrepresented among students at public institutions of higher
1-7 education in the state; now, therefore, be it
1-8 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
1-9 hereby directs each public institution in the state to develop by
1-10 1997 a plan for increasing the representation of women and members
1-11 of ethnic and racial minority groups among the administrators,
1-12 faculty, professional staff, and students of the institution to
1-13 appropriately reflect the diversity of the population of this
1-14 state, to update the plan every five years, and to file the plan
1-15 and the periodic updates with the Texas Higher Education
1-16 Coordinating Board; and, be it further
1-17 RESOLVED, That each public institution of higher education in
1-18 the state be required to report biennially through the year 2000 to
1-19 the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on its progress
1-20 toward meeting the objectives of the plan; and, be it further
1-21 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
1-22 hereby encourage each public institution in the state to establish
1-23 a committee composed of high-level administrators, faculty,
2-1 professional staff, and students to identify and respond to campus
2-2 and community factors that affect recruitment and retention by the
2-3 institutions of administrators, faculty, professional staff, and
2-4 students who are members of underrepresented groups; and, be it
2-5 further
2-6 RESOLVED, That the committee report to the governing board of
2-7 the institution on issues affecting recruitment and retention by
2-8 the institution of students who are members of underrepresented
2-9 groups; and, be it further
2-10 RESOLVED, That each public higher education institution in
2-11 the state establish procedures by which access and equity officers
2-12 report to high-level administrators; and, be it further
2-13 RESOLVED, That each public institution of higher education in
2-14 the state be required to initiate and maintain dialogue among
2-15 administrators, faculty, and staff to ensure their awareness of
2-16 important issues concerning the participation in higher education
2-17 of members of underrepresented groups; and, be it further
2-18 RESOLVED, That the 74th Legislature of the State of Texas
2-19 hereby encourage each public institution of higher education in the
2-20 state to regularly conduct seminars to be attended by
2-21 administrators and faculty on the importance and value of
2-22 diversity; and, be it further
2-23 RESOLVED, That each public institution of higher education in
2-24 the state be required to submit to the Texas Higher Education
2-25 Coordinating Board by December 15, 1995, December 15, 1997 and
3-1 December 15, 1999, a report on a form provided by the board
3-2 showing:
3-3 (1) statistics on administrators, faculty, members of
3-4 governing boards, and students of the institutions by ethnicity,
3-5 gender, employment level, and salary;
3-6 (2) statistics on promotions of institution faculty
3-7 and administrators by ethnicity and gender for the most recent
3-8 fiscal ending before the date of the report; and, be it further
3-9 RESOLVED, That the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
3-10 assemble the data from its existing reporting system to the extent
3-11 possible to reduce the number or complexity of reports public
3-12 institutions of higher education in the state are required to
3-13 submit under this resolution; and be it further
3-14 RESOLVED, That each public institution of higher education in
3-15 the state be required to submit to the Texas Higher Education
3-16 Coordinating Board reports by July 15, 1996, July 15, 1998, and
3-17 July 15, 2000, describing the institution's progress in complying
3-18 with this resolution; and, be it further
3-19 RESOLVED, That the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
3-20 publish reports by December 31, 1996; December 31, 1998; and
3-21 December 31, 2000 summarizing the progress by public institutions
3-22 of higher education in the state in complying with this resolution
3-23 and submit the reports to the governor, lieutenant governor,
3-24 speaker of the House of Representatives, chair of the Senate
3-25 Education Committee, chair of the House Committee on Higher
4-1 Education, and the Legislative Budget Board and make them available
4-2 to other interested persons.