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79R9161 KEL-D

By:  Hinojosa                                                     S.B. No. 1643



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a strategy to ensure that public institutions of higher 
education employ faculty and staff who reflect the population of 
Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 61.0861 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0861.  FACULTY AND STAFF RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION 
STRATEGY.  (a)  The board shall develop and annually update a 
strategy to enable institutions of higher education to identify, 
attract, hire, and retain faculty and staff who reflect the 
population of this state.
	(b)  Each institution of higher education shall implement 
the elements of the strategy developed under Subsection (a) 
applicable to the institution as provided by the board.  Each 
institution shall report annually to the board the manner in which 
the institution has implemented the applicable elements of the 
strategy.
	SECTION 2.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board 
shall adopt the strategy required by Section 61.0861, Education 
Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2006.
	SECTION 3.  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.