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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing information to entering undergraduate |
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students at certain general academic teaching institutions to |
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promote timely graduation. |
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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 51.9195 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9195. INFORMATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS |
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REGARDING BENEFITS OF TIMELY GRADUATION. (a) In this section, |
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"general academic teaching institution" and "public state college" |
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have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) This section applies only to a general academic teaching |
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institution other than a public state college. |
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(c) An institution to which this section applies shall |
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provide to each first-time entering undergraduate student, |
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including each undergraduate student who transfers to the |
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institution, information in electronic or paper format that |
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includes, based on a reasonable projection by the institution using |
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the most recently available data: |
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(1) a comparison of the average total amounts of |
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tuition and fees paid by a full-time student who graduates from the |
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institution in the following number of academic years: |
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(A) four years; |
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(B) five years; and |
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(C) six years; and |
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(2) an estimate of the average earnings lost by a |
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recent graduate of the institution as a result of graduating after |
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five or six years instead of four years. |
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(d) An institution to which this section applies shall |
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include with the information provided to a student under Subsection |
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(c): |
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(1) a list of actions that the student can take to |
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facilitate graduating from the institution in a timely manner; and |
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(2) contact information for available academic, |
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career, and other related support services at the institution to |
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assist the student in that effort. |
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(e) An institution to which this section applies may satisfy |
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the requirements of Subsections (c)(1) and (2) with regard to a |
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student by providing the student with information that is more |
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specific than the information described by those subdivisions. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.9195, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with undergraduate students who |
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initially enroll in a general academic teaching institution for the |
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2014 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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