1-1     By:  Shapleigh                                         S.B. No. 837
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 21, 2001; February 22, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
 1-4     April 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 5,
 1-5     Nays 0; April 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the development of a strategic plan by the Border
 1-9     Health Institute.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Chapter 151, Education Code, as added by Chapter
1-12     883, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, is
1-13     amended by adding Section 151.010 to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 151.010.  STRATEGIC PLAN.  (a)  The governing board of
1-15     the institute, in consultation with the institute's members, shall
1-16     develop a 10-year strategic plan to guide and evaluate the
1-17     institute's progress toward achieving the purposes of the institute
1-18     under Section 151.002.
1-19           (b)  The strategic plan must include:
1-20                 (1)  goals, objectives, and performance standards for
1-21     each of the institute's programs and a description of how those
1-22     programs help the institute to achieve its purposes;
1-23                 (2)  an assessment of the needs of the institute's
1-24     programs and faculty; and
1-25                 (3)  an assessment of the institute's need for new
1-26     initiatives.
1-27           (c)  The governing board of the institute shall update at
1-28     least biennially the strategic plan required by this section.
1-29           (d)  Not later than December 15 of each even-numbered year,
1-30     the governing board of the institute shall submit to the
1-31     legislature and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a
1-32     report concerning the strategic plan required by this section,
1-33     including any recommendations for legislative action.
1-34           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-35           (b)  The governing board of the Border Health Institute shall
1-36     develop the strategic plan required by Section 151.010, Education
1-37     Code, as added by this Act, not later than December 15, 2002.
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