79R9298 JRJ-D
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3218
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reports regarding participation in higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter H, Chapter 51,
Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER H. GUIDELINES FOR ACADEMIC AND OTHER REPORTS
BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.4032 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.4032. ANNUAL REPORT OF PARTICIPATION IN HIGHER
EDUCATION. Not later than July 1 of each year and in the form
prescribed by the coordinating board, each institution of higher
education shall provide to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board a report describing the composition of the institution's
entering class of students. The report must include a demographic
breakdown of the class, including a breakdown by race, ethnicity,
and economic status. A report submitted by a general academic
teaching institution must include separate demographic breakdowns
of the students admitted under Sections 51.803, 51.804, and 51.805.
SECTION 3. Section 61.086(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Each institution of higher education shall implement
the uniform strategy developed under Subsection (a). Each
institution shall report [annually] to the board as part of the
annual report submitted under Section 51.4032 the manner in which
the institution has implemented the uniform strategy.
SECTION 4. Section 51.806, Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. Each public institution of higher education in
this state shall submit the first report required by Section
51.4032, Education Code, as added by this Act, not later than July
1, 2006.
SECTION 6. 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, 2005.