By: Shapleigh S.B. No. 1186
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
1-3 to publish certain performance data provided to the board by
1-4 general academic teaching institutions.
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 61.088 to read as follows:
1-8 Sec. 61.088. PUBLICATION OF PERFORMANCE DATA OF GENERAL
1-9 ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS. (a) The board shall develop and
1-10 implement a program to publish performance data provided to the
1-11 board by general academic teaching institutions under this section.
1-12 (b) Not later than November 1 following the completion of an
1-13 academic year, a general academic teaching institution shall
1-14 provide to the board reports containing the performance data
1-15 required under this section. The reports collectively must contain
1-16 data related to:
1-17 (1) the qualifications of the entering class for the
1-18 academic year covered by the report, including:
1-19 (A) the average Texas Academic Skills Program
1-20 Test score of the class;
1-21 (B) the average Scholastic Assessment Test and
1-22 American College Test scores of the class;
1-23 (C) the range of Scholastic Assessment Test and
1-24 American College Test scores from the 25th to the 75th percentile;
1-25 (D) the overall grade point average of the
2-1 class;
2-2 (E) the number of students who graduated in the
2-3 top 10 percent of the student's high school graduating class; and
2-4 (F) enrollment percentages by ethnicity; and
2-5 (2) student performance and institution efficiency
2-6 including:
2-7 (A) the retention rate of full-time students
2-8 after the completion of one academic year at the institution;
2-9 (B) the percentage of full-time degree-seeking
2-10 students who earn a baccalaureate degree before the sixth
2-11 anniversary of the date of the student's first enrollment at the
2-12 institution;
2-13 (C) the percentage of lower division semester
2-14 credit hours taught by tenured or tenure-track faculty;
2-15 (D) the percentage of undergraduate classes with
2-16 less than 20 students;
2-17 (E) the percentage of undergraduate classes with
2-18 more than 50 students;
2-19 (F) the student-to-faculty ratio for
2-20 undergraduate students;
2-21 (G) the percentage of students receiving
2-22 financial aid;
2-23 (H) the average cost of tuition and fees for an
2-24 undergraduate student enrolled in 12 semester credit hours;
2-25 (I) the average cost of on-campus room and
2-26 board;
3-1 (J) the number of disciplines in which master's
3-2 degrees are offered; and
3-3 (K) the number of disciplines in which doctoral
3-4 degrees are offered.
3-5 (c) Each year in a grid format the board shall publish and
3-6 post on the board's Internet site the names of the general academic
3-7 teaching institutions, the performance data required by Subsection
3-8 (b), and any other information considered appropriate by the board.
3-9 The board shall use the classification system developed by the
3-10 Carnegie Foundation in publishing and posting the information.
3-11 (d) Each general academic teaching institution shall provide
3-12 a link on the institution's Internet home page to the board's
3-13 Internet site described by Subsection (c).
3-14 (e) A general academic teaching institution is not required
3-15 to report to the board the performance data required by Subsection
3-16 (b) if the data is available to the board from another source.
3-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
3-18 SECTION 3. (a) Beginning with the 2001-2002 academic year,
3-19 each general academic teaching institution in this state shall
3-20 provide the performance data required under Section 61.088,
3-21 Education Code, as added by this Act.
3-22 (b) Not later than March 1, 2003, the Texas Higher Education
3-23 Coordinating Board shall publish and post on the board's Internet
3-24 site the performance data provided by the general academic teaching
3-25 institutions in this state as required by Section 61.088, Education
3-26 Code, as added by this Act.