By: West S.B. No. 1963
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a transferability report card for certain public
  institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.96854 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.96854.  TRANSFERABILITY REPORT CARD. (a)  In this
  section:
               (1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board.
               (2)  "General academic teaching institution" and
  "public state college" have the meanings assigned by Section
  61.003.
         (b)  Not later than March 1 of each year, a general academic
  teaching institution other than a public state college shall post
  on the institution's Internet website a transferability report card
  that indicates for the preceding academic year:
               (1)  the total number of semester credit hours or the
  equivalent for which undergraduate students transferring to the
  institution applied for transfer credit; and
               (2)  the percentage of the semester credit hours or the
  equivalent described by Subdivision (1) for which students received
  transfer credit.
         (c)  The coordinating board, in consultation with general
  academic teaching institutions to which Subsection (b) applies,
  shall develop a model transferability report card for use under
  Subsection (b).
         (d)  Not later than April 1 of each year, the coordinating
  board shall post on the coordinating board's Internet website a
  list stating the transferability percentage described by
  Subsection (b)(2) of each general academic teaching institution
  other than a public state college.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
  develop the model transferability report card required under
  Section 51.96854(c), Education Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  (a)  Not later than March 1, 2023, each public
  institution of higher education to which Section 51.96854(b),
  Education Code, as added by this Act, applies shall post on the
  institution's Internet website the initial transferability report
  card required under that subsection.
         (b)  Not later than April 1, 2023, the Texas Higher Education
  Coordinating Board shall post on the board's Internet website the
  initial list required under Section 51.96854(d), Education Code, as
  added by this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.