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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that online admission application forms |
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for public institutions of higher education include a link to |
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certain employment data relating to fields of study. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.762, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) An electronic common admission application form |
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adopted under this section must include a prominent link to the |
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Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics |
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("Texas CREWS") report on gainful employment. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.763(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The form must: |
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(1) [shall] allow each applicant to: |
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(A) [(1)] apply electronically to one or more of |
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the general academic teaching institutions within the university |
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system; and |
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(B) [(2)] indicate preferences for admission |
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between those institutions; and |
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(2) include a prominent link to the Texas Consumer |
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Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics ("Texas CREWS") |
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report on gainful employment. |
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SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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and the governing board of a university system shall comply with |
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Section 51.762(b-1) or 51.763(b)(2), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, as applicable, as soon as practicable following the |
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effective date of this Act but not later than January 1, 2018. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2017. |