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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring a public institution of higher education to |
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make certain faculty information available to the public on the |
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institution's Internet website. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9745 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9745. INTERNET ACCESS TO FACULTY INFORMATION. (a) |
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Each institution of higher education, other than a medical and |
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dental unit, as defined by Section 61.003, shall make available to |
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the public on the institution's Internet website the following |
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information for the institution: |
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(1) the student/faculty ratio; |
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(2) the percentage of all full-time equivalent faculty |
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members with teaching responsibility who are tenured or tenure |
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track; |
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(3) the percentage of semester credit hours taken by |
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students classified as freshmen or sophomores that are taught by |
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tenured and tenure track faculty members; |
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(4) the number of faculty members in each of the |
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following faculty ranks, including a breakdown for each rank |
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showing the numbers of faculty members by race, ethnicity, and |
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gender: |
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(A) professor; |
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(B) associate professor; |
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(C) assistant professor; |
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(D) instructor; |
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(E) nontenured or nontenure track; and |
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(F) teaching assistant; |
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(5) average faculty salaries by rank; |
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(6) the amount of money appropriated by the |
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legislature per full-time equivalent faculty member and full-time |
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equivalent student; |
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(7) the total revenue the institution spent per |
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full-time equivalent faculty member and full-time equivalent |
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student; |
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(8) the amount of federal and private research |
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expenditures per tenured or tenure track full-time equivalent |
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faculty member; |
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(9) the number and percentage of faculty members |
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holding extramural research grants; |
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(10) the number and names of awards to faculty members |
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from nationally recognized entities, including those identified by |
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The Center for Measuring University Performance; and |
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(11) the number of endowed professorships or chairs. |
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(b) Each institution of higher education shall update the |
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information required by Subsection (a) for the preceding academic |
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or fiscal year, as applicable, not later than December 31 of each |
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year. |
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(c) The administrator designated by an institution of |
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higher education under Section 51.974 shall be responsible for |
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ensuring implementation of this section. The administrator may |
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assign duties under this section to one or more administrative |
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employees. |
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(d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt |
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rules necessary to administer this section, including rules to |
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ensure the consistency of information made available by |
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institutions of higher education under this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.9745, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2012 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |