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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to success-based funding for certain public institutions |
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of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.0593(e), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d),[:
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not more than 10 percent of the total amount of
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general revenue appropriations of base funds for undergraduate
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education recommended by the board for all institutions to which
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Subsection (d) applies for a state fiscal biennium may be based on
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student success measures; and
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[(2)] the board's recommendation for base funding for |
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undergraduate education based on student success measures does not |
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reduce or otherwise affect funding recommendations for graduate |
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education. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 322.0082 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 322.0082. STUDENT SUCCESS-BASED FUNDING FOR CERTAIN |
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INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) In this section, "general |
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academic teaching institution" and "public state college" have the |
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meanings assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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(b) In the general appropriations bill prepared for |
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introduction to the legislature under Section 322.008, at least 25 |
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percent of the total amount of general revenue appropriations of |
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base funds for undergraduate education for all general academic |
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teaching institutions, other than public state colleges, for a |
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state fiscal biennium must be based on student success measures |
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described by Section 61.0593(d), Education Code. |
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(b-1) Subsection (b) does not apply to a state fiscal |
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biennium before the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2019. |
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In the general appropriations bill prepared for introduction to the |
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legislature under Section 322.008 for the state fiscal biennium |
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ending August 31, 2017, at least 15 percent of the total amount of |
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general revenue appropriations of base funds for undergraduate |
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education for all general academic teaching institutions, other |
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than public state colleges, for that state fiscal biennium must be |
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based on student success measures described by Section 61.0593(d), |
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Education Code. This subsection expires September 1, 2017. |
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(c) In preparing the general appropriations bill to comply |
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with the requirements of this section, the director, under the |
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direction of the board, shall consider the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board's recommendations under Section 61.0593(d), |
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Education Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |