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Amend HB 3851 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the
bill appropriately:
SECTION ___. Subtitle A, Title 3, Education Code, is
amended by adding Chapter 51A to read as follows:
CHAPTER 51A. ONLINE PERFORMANCE REPORT CARDS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 51A.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(2) "General academic teaching institution,"
"institution of higher education," "medical and dental unit,"
"public state college," and "public technical institute" have the
meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
Sec. 51A.002. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COORDINATING BOARD
RELATING TO REPORT CARDS; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORT CARDS.
(a) The coordinating board, in consultation with each institution
of higher education to which this chapter applies, shall develop
and maintain online report cards for each of those institutions.
(b) The coordinating board shall:
(1) request from each institution of higher education
to which this chapter applies any information the coordinating
board considers necessary for the coordinating board to include
information or calculate data required to be included in the
institution's report card;
(2) establish for each institution of higher education
to which this chapter applies a list of representative in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions and maintain that list on the
coordinating board's Internet website;
(3) ensure that each of an institution of higher
education's online report cards:
(A) is available to the public on the
coordinating board's Internet website in a one-page format and is
accessible through a link that appears in a prominent place on the
coordinating board's Internet website homepage;
(B) uses enhanced, user-friendly search
capabilities to ensure that the information required to be included
in the report card is easily accessible to the persons for whom the
report card is designed; and
(C) includes a clearly identifiable link to
information on the coordinating board's Internet website regarding
the coordinating board's higher education accountability system;
and
(4) ensure that the information provided in each
report card is accurate and up to date.
(c) The coordinating board may modify, as the coordinating
board considers necessary, national data regarding an
institution's out-of-state peer institutions to ensure uniformity
in the comparison of that data to data regarding the institution for
which the report card is created and the institution's in-state
peer institutions in a report card under this chapter.
Sec. 51A.003. DUTIES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
RELATING TO REPORT CARDS. Each institution of higher education to
which this chapter applies shall:
(1) submit to the coordinating board any information
requested by the coordinating board as necessary for the
coordinating board to include information or calculate data
required to be included in the institution's report cards; and
(2) ensure that the institution's Internet website
homepage includes, in a prominent place, an accessible link to the
institution's online report cards maintained on the coordinating
board's Internet website.
[Sections 51A.004-51A.050 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER B. ONLINE PERFORMANCE REPORT CARDS FOR GENERAL ACADEMIC
TEACHING INSTITUTIONS
Sec. 51A.051. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to general academic teaching institutions, other than
public state colleges.
Sec. 51A.052. REPORT CARD FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER POLICY
MAKERS. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each
institution to which this subchapter applies an online report card
that is designed for use by legislators and other interested policy
makers.
(b) The report card required by this section must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the report card regarding the institution's in-state or
out-of-state peer institutions must be listed in the form of the
average of that information for those institutions unless otherwise
prescribed by coordinating board rule.
(d) The report card must include the following information
relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
and compare that information by percentage to the same information
for the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal
year and the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state
fiscal year by five years:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT," the total number
of students enrolled in the institution during the fall semester;
(2) under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
total academic costs for a resident undergraduate student enrolled
in 30 semester credit hours:
(A) at the institution; and
(B) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions;
(3) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
degree-seeking entering undergraduate students:
(i) enrolled in the institution after one
academic year and after two academic years; and
(ii) enrolled in the institution's
out-of-state peer institutions after one academic year and in the
institution's in-state peer institutions after two academic years;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students
requiring developmental education who, after six years from
entering the institution, graduated from or are still enrolled in:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(C) the four-year and six-year graduation rates
of full-time bachelor's degree-seeking students:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions; and
(D) the average number of years of enrollment
attempted by a student to obtain a bachelor's degree:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions; and
(4) under the heading "FUNDING":
(A) the total amount of money appropriated by the
legislature to the institution, including money appropriated for
faculty and staff health coverage and other benefits; and
(B) the total amount of money from any source
available to the institution in that state fiscal year.
Sec. 51A.053. REPORT CARD FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
PARENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) The coordinating board
shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
applies an online performance report card that is designed for use
by prospective students of the institution, their parents, and
other interested members of the public.
(b) The report card must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state peer institutions.
(c) The report card must include the following information
relating to the most recent state fiscal year:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
(A) the total number of students enrolled in the
institution during the fall semester; and
(B) a clearly identifiable link to the
information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
ethnicity;
(2) under the heading "DEGREES AWARDED":
(A) the number of bachelor's degrees, number of
master's degrees, number of doctoral degrees, and number of
professional degrees awarded by the institution; and
(B) a clearly identifiable link to the
information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
ethnicity;
(3) under the heading "COSTS":
(A) the average annual total academic costs for a
resident undergraduate student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours
at the institution;
(B) clearly identifiable links to information
regarding:
(i) the rate or rates of tuition per
semester credit hour charged by the institution;
(ii) any tuition and fee incentives offered
by the institution; and
(iii) the amount and percentage by which
the institution has increased tuition for a program or course level
during the state fiscal year covered by the report card;
(C) the average cost of on-campus room and board
per student; and
(D) the average cost to a resident undergraduate
student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours for total academic
costs and on-campus room and board, excluding the cost of books,
supplies, transportation, or other expenses;
(4) under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
(A) the percentage of undergraduate students
enrolled in the institution who receive grants or scholarships;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students
enrolled in the institution who receive grants, scholarships,
loans, or work-study funds;
(C) the average amount of an undergraduate
student's grant and scholarship package;
(D) the average amount of an undergraduate
student's grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study package; and
(E) the percentage of undergraduate students who
graduate from the institution with education-related debt and, to
the extent information is available, the average amount of
education-related debt of those students;
(5) under the heading "ADMISSIONS":
(A) the percentage of undergraduate students
whose Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) score placed the students in
the 25th to 75th percentile of students' scores on that test
nationally;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students
whose American College Test (ACT) score placed the students in the
25th to 75th percentile of students' scores on that test
nationally; and
(C) the percentage of the students who applied
for first-time undergraduate admission to the institution who were
offered admission to the institution;
(6) under the heading "INSTRUCTION":
(A) the student/faculty ratio at the
institution;
(B) the percentage of organized undergraduate
classes offered by the institution in which fewer than 20 students
are enrolled;
(C) the percentage of organized undergraduate
classes offered by the institution in which more than 50 students
are enrolled; and
(D) the percentage of faculty members of the
institution who are tenured or tenure-track;
(7) under the heading "BACCALAUREATE SUCCESS":
(A) four-year, five-year, and six-year
graduation rates for full-time bachelor's degree-seeking students
at the institution, and links to that information disaggregated by
student ethnicity; and
(B) the average number of years of enrollment
attempted by a student to obtain a bachelor's degree; and
(8) under the heading "FIRST-TIME LICENSURE OR
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION PASS RATES," the first-time licensure or
certification examination pass rates in the fields of education,
law, pharmacy, nursing, and engineering of students enrolled in the
institution or who have graduated from the institution.
[Sections 51A.054-51A.100 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER C. PERFORMANCE REPORT CARDS FOR LOWER-DIVISION
INSTITUTIONS
Sec. 51A.101. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to the following institutions of higher education:
(1) public junior colleges;
(2) public technical institutes; and
(3) public state colleges.
Sec. 51A.102. REPORT CARD FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER POLICY
MAKERS. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each
institution to which this subchapter applies an online performance
report card for the institution designed for use by legislators and
other interested policy makers.
(b) The report card must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state peer institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the report card regarding the institution's in-state
peer institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
coordinating board rule.
(d) The report card must include the following information
relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
and compare that information by percentage to the same information
for the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal
year and the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state
fiscal year by five years:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT," the total number
of students enrolled in the institution during the fall semester;
(2) under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
total academic costs, which for a junior college must include those
costs for an in-district and an out-of-district student, for a
student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours toward a two-year
degree or certificate:
(A) at the institution; and
(B) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(3) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
degree-seeking entering undergraduate students:
(i) enrolled in the institution after two
academic years; and
(ii) enrolled in the institution's in-state
peer institutions after two academic years;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students
requiring developmental education who, after three years from
entering the institution, graduated from or are still enrolled in:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(C) the three-year, four-year, and six-year
graduation rates of full-time degree-seeking students:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(D) the percentage of students who transfer to a
general academic teaching institution or equivalent institution of
higher education:
(i) from the institution; and
(ii) from the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(E) the percentage of students either employed or
enrolled in a general academic teaching institution or equivalent
institution of higher education within one year after the date of
the student's graduation from:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(4) under the heading "FUNDING":
(A) the total amount of money appropriated by the
legislature to the institution for that state fiscal year,
including money appropriated for faculty and staff health coverage
and other benefits;
(B) the total amount of money from any source
available to the institution in that state fiscal year; and
(C) the tax rate per $100 valuation of taxable
property imposed by the junior college district, if the institution
is a public junior college.
Sec. 51A.103. REPORT CARD FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
PARENTS, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) The coordinating
board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
applies an online performance report card that is designed for use
by prospective students of the institution, their parents, and
other interested members of the public.
(b) The report card must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state peer institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the report card regarding the institution's in-state
peer institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
coordinating board rule.
(d) The report card must include the following information
relating to the most recent state fiscal year:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
(A) the total number of students enrolled during
the fall semester:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(B) a clearly identifiable link to information
described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student ethnicity;
(2) under the heading "DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
AWARDED":
(A) the number of degrees or certificates awarded
for each level, type, or other category of degree or certificate
specified by the coordinating board for purposes of this paragraph:
(i) by the institution; and
(ii) by the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(B) a clearly identifiable link to the
information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
ethnicity;
(3) under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
total academic costs, which for a junior college must include those
costs for an in-district and out-of-district student, for a student
enrolled in 30 semester credit hours toward a two-year degree:
(A) at the institution; and
(B) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(4) under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
(A) the percentage of students who receive grants
or scholarships:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(B) the percentage of students who receive
grants, scholarships, loans, or work-study funds:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(C) the average amount of a student's grant and
scholarship package:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(D) the average amount of a student's grant,
scholarship, loan, and work-study package:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(E) the percentage of students who graduated with
education-related debt and, to the extent information is available,
the average amount of education-related debt of those students:
(i) from the institution; and
(ii) from the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(5) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
degree-seeking entering undergraduate students:
(i) enrolled in the institution after two
academic years; and
(ii) enrolled in the institution's in-state
peer institutions after two academic years;
(B) the percentage of students requiring
developmental education who, after three years from entering the
institution, have graduated from or are still enrolled in:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(C) the three-year, four-year, and six-year
graduation rates of full-time degree-seeking students:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(D) the percentage of students who transfer to a
general academic teaching institution or equivalent institution of
higher education:
(i) from the institution; and
(ii) from the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(E) the percentage of students either employed or
enrolled in a general academic teaching institution or equivalent
institution of higher education within one year after the date of
the student's graduation from:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer
institutions.
[Sections 51A.104-51A.150 reserved for expansion]
SUBCHAPTER D. ONLINE PERFORMANCE REPORT CARDS FOR MEDICAL AND
DENTAL UNITS
Sec. 51A.151. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
applies only to medical and dental units.
Sec. 51A.152. REPORT CARD FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER POLICY
MAKERS. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each
institution to which this subchapter applies an online performance
report card designed for use by legislators and other interested
policy makers.
(b) The report card must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the report card regarding the institution's in-state or
out-of-state peer institutions must be listed in the form of the
average of that information for those institutions unless otherwise
prescribed by coordinating board rule.
(d) The report card must include the following information
relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
and compare that information by percentage to the same information
for the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal
year and the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state
fiscal year by five years:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
(A) the total number of students enrolled in the
institution during the fall semester;
(B) if applicable, the total number of students
enrolled in the institution's medical school during the fall
semester; and
(C) if applicable, the total number of students
enrolled as resident physicians in residency programs accredited by
the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the
American Osteopathic Association at the institution on the most
recent September 1 for which the information is available;
(2) under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
total academic costs, including those costs identified by type of
degree program if required by coordinating board rule, for a
resident, full-time undergraduate student and for a resident,
full-time graduate student:
(A) at the institution; and
(B) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions;
(3) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) if applicable, the percentage of medical
school students who pass Part 1 or Part 2 of any examination
administered or accepted for a medical license under Subtitle B,
Title 3, Occupations Code:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions;
(B) if applicable, the percentage of medical
school students who are practicing primary care in this state:
(i) after graduating from the institution;
and
(ii) after graduating from the
institution's in-state peer institutions;
(C) the number of nursing degrees or allied
health degrees awarded for each level:
(i) by the institution; and
(ii) by the institution's in-state and
out-of-state peer institutions; and
(D) the estimated total amount of the
institution's research expenditures during that state fiscal year;
and
(4) under the heading "FUNDING":
(A) the total amount of money appropriated by the
legislature to the institution, including money appropriated for
faculty and staff health coverage and other benefits, for that
state fiscal year; and
(B) the total amount of money from any source
available to the institution for that state fiscal year.
Sec. 51A.153. REPORT CARD FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
PARENTS, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) The coordinating
board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
applies an online performance report card that is designed for use
by prospective students of the institution, their parents, and
other interested members of the public.
(b) The report card must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the
institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be
included in the report card regarding the institution's in-state
peer institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
coordinating board rules.
(d) The report card must include the following information
relating to the most recent state fiscal year:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT," with clearly
identifiable links to the information disaggregated by student
ethnicity:
(A) the total number of students enrolled in the
institution during the fall semester;
(B) if applicable, the total number of students
enrolled in the institution's medical school during the fall
semester; and
(C) if applicable, the total number of students
enrolled as resident physicians in residency programs accredited by
the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the
American Osteopathic Association at the institution on the most
recent September 1 for which the information is available;
(2) under the heading "COSTS":
(A) the average annual total academic costs,
including those costs identified by type of degree program if
required by coordinating board rule, for a resident, full-time
student at the institution;
(B) clearly identifiable links to information
regarding:
(i) the rate or rates of tuition per
semester credit hour charged by the institution;
(ii) any tuition and fee incentives offered
by the institution; and
(iii) the amount and percentage by which
the institution has increased tuition for a program or course level
during the five state fiscal years preceding the state fiscal year
covered by the report card;
(C) the average cost of on-campus room and board
per student; and
(D) the average cost to a resident undergraduate
student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours for tuition and fees
and on-campus room and board;
(3) under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
(A) the percentage of undergraduate students
enrolled in the institution who receive grants or scholarships;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students
enrolled in the institution who receive grants, scholarships,
loans, or work-study funds;
(C) the average amount of an undergraduate
student's grant and scholarship package;
(D) the average amount of an undergraduate
student's grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study package; and
(E) the percentage of undergraduate students who
graduated from the institution with education-related debt and, to
the extent information is available, the average education-related
debt of those students;
(4) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) if applicable, the percentage of medical
school students who pass Part 1 or Part 2 of any examination
administered or accepted for a medical license under Subtitle B,
Title 3, Occupations Code:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer
institutions;
(B) if applicable, the percentage of medical
school students who are practicing primary care in this state:
(i) after graduating from the institution;
and
(ii) after graduating from the
institution's in-state peer institutions;
(C) the number of nursing degrees or allied
health degrees awarded for each level:
(i) by the institution; and
(ii) by the institution's in-state peer
institutions; and
(D) the estimated total amount of the
institution's research expenditures; and
(5) under the heading "FIRST-TIME LICENSURE OR
CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION PASS RATES," the first-time licensure or
certification examination pass rates in applicable fields of
students who are enrolled in or have graduated from:
(A) the institution; and
(B) the institution's in-state peer
institutions.
SECTION ___. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
shall create the online performance report cards required by
Chapter 51A, Education Code, as added by this Act, and provide the
report cards on the board's Internet website not later than
February 1, 2008.