By:  Ellis, et al.                                                S.B. No. 302
	(In the Senate - Filed January 31, 2005; February 24, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education; 
March 21, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute to Committee on Education; April 13, 2005, reported 
adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute from Committee on 
Education by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 13, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 302                                    By:  Averitt

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 31 of each year and in the form prescribed by the coordinating board, each general academic teaching institution and medical and dental unit as defined in Section 61.003 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 or medical and dental unit as defined in Section 61.003 must include separate demographic breakdowns of the students admitted under Sections 51.803, 51.804, and 51.805. SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 61.086, 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 Section 51.806, Education Code, is repealed.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 31, 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.
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