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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board on the response by certain public and private |
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institutions of higher education to reports of sexual assault at |
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those institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 61.0666 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0666. STUDY AND REPORT ON SEXUAL ASSAULT AT |
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POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS. (a) In this section, |
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"postsecondary educational institution" means: |
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(1) an institution of higher education; or |
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(2) a private or independent college or university |
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approved for purposes of the tuition equalization grant program |
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under Subchapter F. |
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(b) The board shall conduct a study regarding the response |
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by postsecondary educational institutions to reports of sexual |
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assault committed against students enrolled at those institutions. |
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The study must identify policies adopted by those institutions that |
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have the effect of deterring students from reporting incidents of |
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sexual assault or of hindering investigations of those reports. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2020, the board shall submit |
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to the legislature a report on the board's findings. The report |
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must include information regarding the policies identified under |
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Subsection (b). |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |