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Amend CSHB 7 in SECTION 10.09 by inserting the following 
immediately following proposed Section 322.016, Government Code:
	Sec. 322.0165.  PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER 
EDUCATION.  (a)  In this section, "public junior college" and 
"general academic teaching institution" have the meanings assigned 
by Section 61.003, Education Code.
	(b)  The board may periodically review the effectiveness and 
efficiency of the budgets and operations of:
		(1)  public junior colleges; and                                       
		(2)  general academic teaching institutions.                           
	(c)  A review under this section may be initiated by the 
board or at the request of:
		(1)  the governor; or                                                  
		(2)  the public junior college or general academic 
teaching institution.
	(d)  A review may be initiated by a public junior college or 
general academic teaching institution only at the request of the 
president of the college or institution or by a resolution adopted 
by a majority of the governing body of the college or institution.
	(e)  If a review is initiated by a public junior college or 
general academic teaching institution, the college or institution 
shall pay 25 percent of the cost incurred in conducting the review.
	(f)  The board shall:                                                   
		(1)  prepare a report showing the results of each 
review conducted under this section;
		(2)  file the report with:                                             
			(A)  the chief executive officer of the public 
junior college or general academic teaching institution that is the 
subject of the report; and
			(B)  the governor, the lieutenant governor, the 
speaker of the house of representatives, the chairs of the standing 
committees of the senate and of the house of representatives with 
primary jurisdiction over higher education, and the commissioner of 
higher education; and
		(3)  make the entire report and a summary of the report 
available to the public on the Internet.