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78R2839 KEL-D

By:  Barrientos                                                   S.B. No. 170



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a uniform strategy to ensure that public institutions 
of higher education employ faculty and staff who reflect the 
population of Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 61.0865 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0865.  FACULTY AND STAFF UNIFORM RECRUITMENT AND 
RETENTION STRATEGY.  (a)  The board shall develop and annually 
update a uniform strategy to enable institutions of higher 
education to identify, attract, hire, and retain faculty and staff 
who reflect the population of this state.
	(b)  Each institution of higher education shall implement 
the uniform strategy developed under Subsection (a).  Each 
institution shall report annually to the board the manner in which 
the institution has implemented the uniform strategy.
	SECTION 2.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
shall adopt a uniform strategy to identify, attract, hire, and 
retain faculty and staff who reflect the population of this state as 
required by Section 61.0865, Education Code, as added by this Act, 
not later than July 30, 2004.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.