By Barrientos                                          S.B. No. 924
         77R6787 KEL-F                           
                                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
 2-1     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-2     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.