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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