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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study and report concerning predicted faculty |
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retirement at general academic teaching institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.4021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.4021. STUDY AND REPORT OF PREDICTED FACULTY |
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RETIREMENT. (a) In this section, "general academic teaching |
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institution," "governing board," and "university system" have the |
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meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) To address the predicted retirement of a growing portion |
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of university faculty in the coming years and the potential |
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problems associated with that retirement, each general academic |
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teaching institution shall conduct a study relating to faculty |
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member retirements that may occur through the end of the 2025 |
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academic year, including projections of the number and proportion |
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of faculty members expected to retire during that period, the first |
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academic year in which increasing retirements are expected to |
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result in faculty shortages, and methods that the institution could |
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reasonably implement to address those retirement issues through |
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recruitment of new faculty members or other means. The governing |
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board of an institution may appoint a committee to conduct the |
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study. A university system may carry out the requirements |
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prescribed by this subsection for the system's component |
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institutions or may direct one or more component institutions to |
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conduct the study for the system. |
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(c) Each general academic teaching institution or |
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university system, as applicable, shall prepare a report based on |
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the study required by Subsection (b). The institution or system |
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shall submit the report to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board not later than September 1, 2008 |
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(d) This section expires January 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |