By Shapiro S.B. No. 1601
76R5869 CAG-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the operation of and the method for funding
1-3 developmental education programs provided by institutions of higher
1-4 education.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
1-7 amended by adding Sections 51.3062 and 51.3063 to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 51.3062. REGULATION OF DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION
1-9 PROGRAMS. (a) In this section, "board" and "institution of higher
1-10 education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
1-11 (b) The board shall adopt rules that ensure the program
1-12 quality and effectiveness of developmental education programs
1-13 offered by an institution of higher education under Section 51.306.
1-14 Rules adopted under this section shall:
1-15 (1) provide for an institution's accountability and
1-16 promote improvement in the design and operation of developmental
1-17 education programs; and
1-18 (2) govern the determination whether a student has
1-19 completed a developmental education program.
1-20 (c) The board shall regularly evaluate the rules to ensure
1-21 that effective developmental education programs are being provided
1-22 by an institution and that an institution's programs reflect any
1-23 effective educational strategy or developmental education best
1-24 practices identified by the board.
2-1 (d) The board shall report annually to the legislature and
2-2 the comptroller information relating to the effectiveness of
2-3 developmental education programs, including the number of students
2-4 at each institution who complete a developmental education program
2-5 under Section 51.306.
2-6 Sec. 51.3063. FUNDING FORMULAS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL EDUCATION
2-7 PROGRAMS. (a) In this section, "board" and "institution of higher
2-8 education" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
2-9 (b) The board, in the same manner as the board develops and
2-10 proposes formulas under Section 61.059, shall develop formulas
2-11 recommending institutional funding for developmental education
2-12 programs described in Section 51.306(f).
2-13 (c) In developing a formula under this section, the board
2-14 shall provide that:
2-15 (1) 70 percent of the funding shall be allocated
2-16 according to the number of students requiring developmental
2-17 education programs at each institution of higher education under
2-18 Section 51.306; and
2-19 (2) 30 percent of the funding shall be allocated
2-20 according to each institution's successful operation of its
2-21 developmental education program, measured by the percentage of
2-22 students at the institution who pass the Texas Academic Skills
2-23 Program test within one year after the completion of the
2-24 institution's developmental education program.
2-25 SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
2-26 shall:
2-27 (1) adopt rules and design any funding formula
3-1 required under Section 51.3062 or 51.3063, Education Code, as added
3-2 by this Act, not later than March 1, 2000; and
3-3 (2) submit the initial report required by Section
3-4 51.3062, Education Code, as added by this Act, on the effectiveness
3-5 of developmental education programs not later than February 1,
3-6 2000.
3-7 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
3-8 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-9 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-10 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-11 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-12 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-13 passage, and it is so enacted.