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79R819 JRJ-D

By:  Ellis                                                        S.B. No. 302



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reports of strategies for increasing minority 
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 MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN 
HIGHER EDUCATION. (a)  For purposes of this section, a racial or 
ethnic group is underrepresented in the undergraduate or graduate 
student body of an institution of higher education if the 
percentage of that student body consisting of members of the racial 
or ethnic group is less than the percentage of the population of 
this state consisting of members of that racial or ethnic group.
	(b)  Not later than July 1 of each year, each institution of 
higher education shall submit a report to the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board detailing its strategies for 
increasing the number of undergraduate and graduate students who 
enroll in the institution from racial and ethnic groups that are 
underrepresented in the institution's undergraduate or graduate 
student body.  The report must include:
		(1)  the number of students from each racial or ethnic 
group who apply to, are admitted or denied admission to, and enroll 
in the institution as undergraduate and graduate students; and
		(2)  the specific outreach programs, admissions 
policies, and types of financial assistance used by the institution 
to increase enrollment of students from any of those racial and 
ethnic groups that are underrepresented in either student body.
	(c)  An institution's report must be in the form prescribed 
by the coordinating board in consultation with the institution.  
The coordinating board shall specify the racial and ethnic groups 
that must be included in the report.
	SECTION 3.  Section 61.080(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The board shall collect data and maintain a database 
relating to the participation of members of racial and ethnic 
minority groups in this state in public higher education, including 
data relating to:
		(1)  minority applications, recruitment, admissions, 
retention, graduation, and professional licensing at both the 
undergraduate and graduate levels; and
		(2)  the enrollment strategies reported to the board by 
institutions of higher education under Section 51.4032.
	SECTION 4.  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 5.  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.