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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's student |
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success-based funding recommendations for certain public |
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institutions 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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(1) not more than 25 [10] percent of the total amount |
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of 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. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |