By: McClendon (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 3934

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2007; May 15, 2007, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education; May 18, 2007, reported favorably from Committee on Education by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the establishment of a student outcomes pilot program by Alamo Community College District.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows:

Sec. 130.0105. ESTABLISHMENT OF STUDENT OUTCOMES PILOT PROGRAM BY ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE. (a) Alamo Community College District shall establish a pilot program to collect and analyze statistical data regarding student outcomes at the college in order to:

(1) facilitate accountability of the college by determining the efficacy of instruction by the college and examining the transition of students to four-year institutions of higher education; and

(2) further ongoing education excellence initiatives by the college.

(b) This section expires September 1, 2017.

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, 2007.

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