By: Shapleigh  S.B. No. 1085
         (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 2009; March 13, 2009, read
  first time and referred to Committee on International Relations and
  Trade; March 26, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
  March 26, 2009, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1085 By:  Davis
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a report to the legislature and the Legislative Budget
  Board regarding funding for campuses of public institutions of
  higher education located outside the United States.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 61.0691 to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.0691.  REPORT ON FUNDING FOR CAMPUSES LOCATED
  OUTSIDE UNITED STATES. (a)  Each biennium, the board shall require
  each university system or institution of higher education that
  maintains a campus outside the United States to report to the board
  detailed information regarding the sources of funding for the
  campus, including the tuition and fees charged to students enrolled
  at the campus, and the manner in which the funds are disbursed.
         (b)  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year,
  the board shall prepare and submit to the presiding officer of each
  house of the legislature and to the Legislative Budget Board a
  written report based on the information received by the board under
  Subsection (a).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
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