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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the five-year master plan for higher education in this |
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state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.051(a-1), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a-1) To ensure that students enrolled at institutions of |
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higher education are sufficiently prepared to meet the challenges |
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associated with participation in the public affairs of the state |
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and in the global economy, the [The] board shall develop a five-year |
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master plan for higher education in this state. The five-year plan |
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must [shall] take into account the resources of private |
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institutions of higher education in this state, and must include: |
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(1) reexamination of the purposes, needs, and goals of |
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higher education in this state; |
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(2) consideration of methods for defining the roles |
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and missions of institutions of higher education in a way that is |
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consistent with this state's needs and goals; |
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(3) consideration of more effective methods for |
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funding higher education; |
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(4) consideration of methods for establishing a |
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coherent long-term student financial aid strategy that takes into |
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account both student financial need and student achievement; |
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(5) recommendations for strengthening collaboration |
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between two-year and four-year institutions of higher education; |
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and |
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(6) recommendations for developing and reinforcing |
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long-term collaboration between and among primary, secondary, and |
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postsecondary educational institutions. |
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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. |