78R2334 JSA-D

By:  Rangel                                                       H.B. No. 652



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
to publish certain performance data provided to the board by 
general academic teaching institutions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 61.0902 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0902.  PUBLICATION OF PERFORMANCE DATA OF GENERAL 
ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS.  (a)  The board shall administer a 
program to publish performance data provided to the board by 
general academic teaching institutions under this section.
	(b)  Not later than the next November 1 following the 
completion of an academic year, each general academic teaching 
institution shall provide to the board one or more reports 
containing data related to:
		(1)  the qualifications of the entering freshman class 
for the academic year covered by the report, including:
			(A)  the average Texas Academic Skills Program 
Test scores of the class;
			(B)  the average scores of the class on each 
generally recognized test or assessment used in college and 
university undergraduate admissions, including the Scholastic 
Assessment Test and the American College Test;
			(C)  the range of scores of the class from the 25th 
to the 75th percentile on each generally recognized test or 
assessment used in college and university undergraduate 
admissions, including the Scholastic Assessment Test and the 
American College Test;
			(D)  the overall grade point average of the class 
for the academic year covered by the report;
			(E)  the number of students in the class who 
graduated in the top 10 percent of the student's high school 
graduating class; and
			(F)  enrollment percentages by ethnicity; and                         
		(2)  student performance and institution efficiency, 
including:      
			(A)  the retention rate of full-time students 
after the completion of one academic year at the institution;
			(B)  the percentage of full-time degree-seeking 
undergraduate students who earn a baccalaureate degree before the 
sixth anniversary of the date of the student's first enrollment at 
the institution;
			(C)  the percentage of lower-division semester 
credit hours taught by tenured or tenure-track faculty;
			(D)  the percentage of undergraduate classes with 
less than 20 students;
			(E)  the percentage of undergraduate classes with 
more than 50 students;
			(F)  the student-to-faculty ratio for 
undergraduate students;       
			(G)  the percentage of students receiving 
financial aid;            
			(H)  the average cost of tuition and fees for an 
undergraduate student enrolled for 12 semester credit hours;
			(I)  the average cost of on-campus room and board 
for an academic year, excluding summer sessions;
			(J)  the number of disciplines in which master's 
degrees are offered; and
			(K)  the number of disciplines in which doctoral 
degrees are offered.
	(c)  Each year the board shall publish and post in a grid 
format on the board's Internet site the names of the general 
academic teaching institutions, the performance data required by 
Subsection (b) for the most recent academic year for which the data 
is available, and any other information considered appropriate by 
the board.  The board shall use the classification system developed 
by the Carnegie Foundation in publishing and posting the data and 
other information.
	(d)  Each general academic teaching institution shall 
provide a link on the institution's Internet home page to the 
board's Internet site described by Subsection (c).
	(e)  A general academic teaching institution is not required 
to report to the board the data required by Subsection (b) if the 
data is available to the board from another source.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           
	SECTION 3.  (a)  Each general academic teaching institution 
shall provide the performance data as required by Section 61.0902, 
Education Code, as added by this Act, beginning with the data for 
the 2003-2004 academic year.
	(b)  Not later than March 1, 2005, the Texas Higher Education 
Coordinating Board shall publish and post on the board's Internet 
site the performance data provided by the general academic teaching 
institutions in this state as required by Section 61.0902, 
Education Code, as added by this Act.