SRC-MKV S.B. 1101 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1101
77R3928 JSA-DBy: Haywood
Education
4/24/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the State of Texas is having a difficult time retaining and
recruiting facility in its public colleges and universities.  This problem
is partially due to the lack of competitive salaries that Texas offers
compared to other large states.  As proposed, S.B. 1101 requires that
general academic teaching institutions compare the salaries of tenured and
tenure track faculty with institutions in their same category established
by the Southern Regional Education Board, Carnegie, or another major system
for classification determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board (THECB) from the other ten most populous states.  If a Texas
institution determines that it falls below the average, its governing board
is required to devise a plan in conjunction with THECB to reallocate
existing discretionary funds over the next four biennia to bring salaries,
as well as any additional amount needed by the state to provide fringe
benefits, to parity with the average of the ten most populous states. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 51Z, Education Code, by adding Section 51.9081,
as follows: 

Sec. 51.9081.  FACULTY COMPENSATION POLICIES UNTIL 2009.  (a) Requires the
governing board of each institution of higher education, as defined by
Section 61.003, not later than August 31 of each fiscal year, to determine
whether the average compensation of tenured and tenure-track faculty at the
institution for that fiscal year is less than the average compensation for
similar faculty at public institutions of higher education in the 10 most
populous states, not including this state, according to the most recent
information available. Sets forth provisions relating to making the
comparisons. 

(b) Sets forth provisions if the governing board of an institution
determines that the average compensation of faculty at a particular rank at
the institution is less than the average compensation for faculty at that
rank provided by the other states. 

(c) Requires each governing board to which this section applies to report,
in the manner prescribed by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(coordinating board), the governing board's process in remedying faculty
compensation deficiencies not later December 1, 2002, and in each
subsequent fiscal year. 

(d) Requires the coordinating board, in recommending funding formulas under
Section 61.059 for institutions to which this section applies, to account
for any salary increases required to be made at those institutions under
Subsection (b). 

  (e) Provides that this section expires September 1, 2009.

 SECTION 2.  Effective date: January 1, 2002.