By Shapleigh S.B. No. 1186
77R5327 YDB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the ranking of undergraduate state universities by the
1-3 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 61.087 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 61.087. PERFORMANCE MEASURES OF GENERAL ACADEMIC
1-8 TEACHING INSTITUTIONS. (a) The board shall develop and implement a
1-9 program to rank general academic teaching institutions in this
1-10 state.
1-11 (b) A general academic teaching institution in this state
1-12 shall prepare a report providing data required under this section
1-13 to the board not later than November 1 following the completion of
1-14 an academic year. The report must contain data related to:
1-15 (1) the qualifications of the entering class for the
1-16 academic year covered by the report, including:
1-17 (A) the average Texas Academic Skills Program
1-18 Test score of the class;
1-19 (B) the average Scholastic Assessment Test and
1-20 American College Test scores of the class;
1-21 (C) the range of Scholastic Assessment Test and
1-22 American College Test scores from the 25th to the 75th percentile;
1-23 (D) the overall grade point average of the
1-24 class;
2-1 (E) the number of students who graduated in the
2-2 top 20 percent of the student's high school graduating class; and
2-3 (F) enrollment percentages by ethnicity; and
2-4 (2) student performance and institution efficiency
2-5 including:
2-6 (A) the retention rate of full-time students
2-7 after the completion of one academic year at the institution;
2-8 (B) the percentage of full-time degree-seeking
2-9 students who earn a baccalaureate degree before the sixth
2-10 anniversary of the date of the student's first enrollment at the
2-11 institution;
2-12 (C) the percentage of lower division courses
2-13 taught by tenured faculty;
2-14 (D) the percentage of undergraduate classes with
2-15 less than 20 students;
2-16 (E) the percentage of undergraduate classes with
2-17 more than 50 students;
2-18 (F) the student/faculty ratio for undergraduate
2-19 students;
2-20 (G) the percentage of students receiving
2-21 financial aid;
2-22 (H) the cost per credit hour including tuition
2-23 and other fees;
2-24 (I) the average cost of on-campus room and
2-25 board;
2-26 (J) the number of disciplines in which master's
2-27 degrees are offered; and
3-1 (K) the number of disciplines in which doctoral
3-2 degrees are offered.
3-3 (c) The board shall compile the data received under
3-4 Subsection (b) and determine a rank for each general academic
3-5 teaching institution by:
3-6 (1) grouping institutions into categories based on the
3-7 classification system developed by the Carnegie Foundation;
3-8 (2) tabulating the data received under Subsection (b)
3-9 from each institution; and
3-10 (3) ranking the institutions by a total weighted
3-11 score.
3-12 (d) For each general academic teaching institution in this
3-13 state, the board shall, in a grid format, annually publish and post
3-14 on the board's Internet site:
3-15 (1) the ranking of each institution, by the Carnegie
3-16 Foundation classification system; and
3-17 (2) the data required by Subsection (b).
3-18 (e) Each general academic teaching institution in this state
3-19 shall provide a link on the institution's Internet home page to the
3-20 board's Internet site described in Subsection (d).
3-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2002.
3-22 SECTION 3. (a) Beginning with the 2001-2002 academic year,
3-23 each general academic teaching institution in this state shall
3-24 compile the data required under Section 61.087, Education Code, as
3-25 added by this Act.
3-26 (b) Not later than January 1, 2003, the Texas Higher
3-27 Education Coordinating Board shall publish and post on the board's
4-1 Internet site the rankings of the general academic teaching
4-2 institutions in this state as required by Section 61.087, Education
4-3 Code, as added by this Act.