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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public junior colleges to report certain |
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financial and instructional information for certain instructional |
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locations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as The Junior College |
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Funding and Reporting Transparency Act. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0037 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0037. INSTRUCTIONAL SITE REPORTING REQUIREMENT. |
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(a) In this section, "instructional site" means a facility located |
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within the service area of a junior college district, other than the |
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main campus of the district, at which the district enrolls 2,000 |
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students or more in an academic year. |
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(b) Not later than December 1 of each fiscal year, each |
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junior college district shall submit a report to the Legislative |
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Budget Board that includes the following information for each |
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instructional site of the junior college district: |
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(1) the number of contact hours, including those |
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generated from distance learning, for the preceding academic year; |
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(2) student attainment of completion milestones for |
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the preceding academic year as measured by a performance funding |
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formula established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating |
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Board under Section 51.3062(m); |
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(3) the total amount of state appropriations, tax |
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revenue, and tuition and fee revenue received by the junior college |
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district in the preceding fiscal year generated by student |
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enrollment at the instructional site with an indication of the |
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following: |
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(A) in-district and out-of-district tuition and |
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fee revenue amounts; and |
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(B) if applicable, tuition and fee revenue |
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amounts collected for dual credit courses; |
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(4) an itemized statement of the total amount of money |
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expended on the instructional site in the preceding fiscal year by |
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the junior college district; and |
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(5) the number of full-time and adjunct faculty at the |
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instructional site for the preceding academic year as determined by |
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the location of the faculty member's primary office. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |