By: Oliverson, et al. H.B. No. 277
        (Senate Sponsor - Creighton)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House March 21, 2019;
  March 27, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
  Education; May 8, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 8, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to a requirement that online admission application forms
  for public institutions of higher education include a link to
  certain comparative gainful employment data.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.762, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
         (b-1)  An electronic common admission application form
  adopted under this section must include a prominent link to
  comparative gainful employment data regarding institutions of
  higher education, including information described by Section
  7.040, on a website maintained by the board using data compiled by
  the board in coordination with the Texas Workforce Commission.
         SECTION 2.  Section 51.763(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The form must:
               (1)  [shall] allow each applicant to:
                     (A) [(1)]  apply electronically to one or more of
  the general academic teaching institutions within the university
  system; and
                     (B) [(2)]  indicate preferences for admission
  between those institutions; and
               (2)  include a prominent link to comparative gainful
  employment data regarding institutions of higher education,
  including information described by Section 7.040, on a website
  maintained by the board using data compiled by the board in
  coordination with the Texas Workforce Commission.
         SECTION 3.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  and the governing board of a university system shall comply with
  Section 51.762(b-1) or 51.763(b)(2), Education Code, as added by
  this Act, as applicable, as soon as practicable following the
  effective date of this Act but not later than January 1, 2020.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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