79R6052 KSD-D

By:  Shapleigh                                                    S.B. No. 1475



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prerequisites to an institution of higher education 
increasing designated tuition.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 54.0513, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as provided 
by this subsection, a general academic teaching institution may not 
increase the amount of tuition charged under this section for any 
program or course level unless the Legislative Budget Board has 
conducted a performance review of the institution as provided by 
Section 322.0165, Government Code, and reported the board's 
findings and recommendations to the institution relating to the 
appropriateness and effects of the tuition increase.  This 
subsection applies to an institution only if:
		(1)  the institution increased tuition under this 
section for the same program or course level for the preceding 
academic year by more than 20 percent from the academic year 
preceding that academic year;
		(2)  the percentage of first-time undergraduate 
students who graduated from the institution within six years of the 
students' initial enrollment in the institution is less than 50 
percent, as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating 
Board for the most recent six-year period for which that 
information is available; and
		(3)  the percentage of first-time undergraduate 
students of the institution who failed to meet success initiative 
assessment standards on initial assessment under Section 51.3062 is 
greater than 50 percent, as determined by the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board for the most recent academic year for 
which that information is available.
	SECTION 2.  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.