Amend CSHB 1172 (House committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and
renumbering existing SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION___. Sections 54.0513(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) In addition to amounts that a governing board of an
institution of higher education is authorized to charge as tuition
under the other provisions of this chapter, the governing board [,
under the terms the governing board considers appropriate,] may
charge any student for an academic period an amount designated as
tuition not to exceed the amount charged to the student under
Section 54.051 or 54.0512, as applicable, for that academic period
[that the governing board considers necessary for the effective
operation of the institution].
(b) Subject to the limit provided by Subsection (a) on the
amount designated as tuition charged under this section, a [A]
governing board may set a different tuition rate under this section
for each program and course level offered by each institution of
higher education [. A governing board may set a different tuition
rate] as the governing board considers appropriate to increase
graduation rates, encourage efficient use of facilities, [or]
enhance employee performance, or further another legitimate
purpose of the institution.
SECTION ___. Sections 54.0515 (e) and (f), Education Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(e) It is the legislature's intent that each institution of
higher education [, as a condition to tuition deregulation under
Section 54.0513,] reasonably implement the following:
(1) each institution shall make satisfactory progress
towards the goals provided in its master plan for higher education
and in "Closing the Gaps," the state's master plan for higher
education; and
(2) each institution shall meet acceptable performance
criteria, including measures such as graduation rates, retention
rates, enrollment growth, educational quality, efforts to enhance
minority participation, opportunities for financial aid, and
affordablility.
(f) The committee shall:
(1) meet at the call of either chair;
(2) monitor and regularly report to the legislature on
each institution of higher education's compliance with the
requirements of Subsection (e); and
(3) receive and review information concerning the
affordability and accessibility of higher education [, including
the impact of tuition deregulation].
SECTION ___. Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Education Code, is
repealed.
SECTION ___. (a) The changes in law made by this Act in
amending Sections 54.0513 and 54.0515, Education Code, apply
beginning with tuition charged by an institution of higher
education for the 2005–2006 academic year. Tuition charged by an
institution of higher education in an academic year before that
academic year is covered by the law in effect before the effective
date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
(b) Tuition set aside under Subchapter B, Chapter 56,
Education Code, before the 2005-2006 academic year that was not
used as provided by that subchapter before that academic year shall
be used as provided by that subchapter as it existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, and that subchapter is
continued in effect for that purpose.