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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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to collect, study, and report certain data regarding workforce |
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education programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.0664, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (f), (g), (h), and |
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(i) to read as follows: |
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(a) The board shall collect and maintain data relating to: |
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(1) undergraduate and graduate level participation of |
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persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities at |
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institutions of higher education, including data regarding |
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applications for admission, admissions, retention, graduation, and |
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professional licensing; and |
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(2) participation of persons with intellectual and |
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developmental disabilities enrolled in a workforce education |
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program, including a workforce continuing education program, that |
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is eligible for state-appropriated formula funding, including data |
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regarding retention, graduation, and professional licensing. |
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(f) The board, in consultation with public junior college |
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districts, shall identify five junior college districts |
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representative of each of the public junior college district peer |
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groups as identified by the board, with two selected from the peer |
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groups of the largest junior college district, and the geographic |
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diversity of this state for the purpose of implementing a pilot |
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program to develop and recommend minimum reporting language for |
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financial and instructional cost information, including |
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information relating to instruction of persons with intellectual |
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and developmental disabilities. In consultation with the |
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Legislative Budget Board, the junior college districts |
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participating in the program shall study best practices for the |
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reporting of revenue and costs allocated across the districts and |
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the practicability of disaggregating financial and instructional |
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cost information by instructional site within a junior college |
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district. Participants in the study shall consider the following |
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data: |
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(1) the number of contact hours, including those |
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generated from distance learning; |
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(2) student attainment of completion milestones as |
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measured by a performance funding formula established by the |
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coordinating board under Section 51.3062(m); |
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(3) the total amount of state appropriations, tax |
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revenue, in-district and out-of-district tuition and fee revenue, |
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or any other revenue received by the junior college districts and |
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the rates or methods by which those revenues are collected; |
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(4) the amount of money expended by the junior college |
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districts for programs related to the participation, retention, and |
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graduation of persons with intellectual and developmental |
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disabilities; |
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(5) a statement of the total amount of money expended |
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by the junior college districts; |
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(6) the number of full-time and adjunct faculty; and |
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(7) any other relevant data or reporting |
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methodologies. |
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(g) Not later than June 1, 2018, the board and the |
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participating junior college districts shall report to the |
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Legislative Budget Board the findings from the study under |
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Subsection (f), including best practices in reporting, |
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methodologies in reporting, and a template for reporting. Each |
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participating junior college district shall report to the board the |
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district's financial and instructional costs using the reporting |
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template not later than: |
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(1) September 1, 2019, for the state fiscal year |
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ending August 31, 2019; and |
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(2) September 1, 2020, for the state fiscal year |
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ending August 31, 2020. |
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(h) To the extent of any conflict, Subsections (f) and (g) |
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prevail over any rider regarding a reporting requirement following |
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the appropriations to Public Community/Junior Colleges in Senate |
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Bill No. 1, Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017 (the |
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General Appropriations Act). |
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(i) This subsection and Subsections (f), (g), and (h) expire |
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December 31, 2020. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 719 passed the Senate on |
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April 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2017, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 719 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 137, |
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Nays 8, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |