By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 282

(In the Senate - Filed December 21, 2010; January 31, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; March 14, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 14, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 282 By: Zaffirini

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eliminating certain reporting, planning, student developmental, and other requirements imposed on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or public institutions of higher education.

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

SECTION 1. Subsection (n), Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(n) Each institution of higher education, except a medical and dental unit, shall report annually to the board on the success of its students and the effectiveness of its Success Initiative.

SECTION 2. The following provisions are repealed:

(1) Sections 61.086 and 61.9685, Education Code; and

(2) Section 2056.011, Government Code.

SECTION 3. 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, 2011.

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