By: Barrientos S.B. No. 924 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to a uniform strategy to ensure that public institutions 1-3 of higher education employ faculty and staff who reflect the 1-4 population of Texas. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 61.0865 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 61.0865. FACULTY AND STAFF UNIFORM RECRUITMENT AND 1-9 RETENTION STRATEGY. (a) The board shall develop and annually 1-10 update a uniform strategy to enable institutions of higher 1-11 education to identify, attract, hire, and retain faculty and staff 1-12 who reflect the population of this state. 1-13 (b) Each institution of higher education shall implement the 1-14 uniform strategy developed under Subsection (a). Each institution 1-15 shall report annually to the board the manner in which the 1-16 institution has implemented the uniform strategy. 1-17 SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 1-18 shall adopt a uniform strategy to identify, attract, hire, and 1-19 retain faculty and staff who reflect the population of this state 1-20 as required by Section 61.0865, Education Code, as added by this 1-21 Act, not later than January 1, 2002. 1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-23 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-24 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-25 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. 2-2 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 2-3 Amend S.B. No. 924 in Section 2, page 1, on line 21 by 2-4 striking "January 1" and substituting it with "July 30". 2-5 Brown of Brazos