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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reporting by certain public institutions of higher |
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education on the transferability of credit and to a transferability |
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report card for those institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.4033, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) Not later than August [March] 1 of each year and in the |
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form prescribed by the coordinating board, each general academic |
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teaching institution shall provide to the coordinating board and |
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the legislature a report describing any courses in the |
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Lower-Division Academic Course Guide Manual or its successor |
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adopted by the coordinating board for which a student who transfers |
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to the institution from another institution of higher education is |
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not granted: |
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(1) academic credit at the receiving institution; or |
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(2) if the student has declared a major and has not |
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changed majors, academic credit toward the student's major at the |
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receiving institution. |
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(c) Each general academic teaching institution shall |
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annually post on the institution's Internet website a |
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transferability report card using the data reported under this |
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section. The report card must: |
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(1) be designed to provide information to students in |
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a concise manner; and |
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(2) include a summary of the data reported under this |
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section. |
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(d) The coordinating board shall: |
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(1) in consultation with general academic teaching |
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institutions, develop a model transferability report card for use |
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under Subsection (c); and |
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(2) post on the coordinating board's Internet website |
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each general academic teaching institution's transferability |
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report card posted on the institution's Internet website under |
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Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.4034, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) Not later than August [March] 1 of each year and in the |
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form prescribed by the coordinating board, each public junior |
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college shall provide to the coordinating board and the legislature |
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a report on courses taken by students who, during the preceding |
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academic year, transferred to a general academic teaching |
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institution or earned an associate degree at the college. |
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(c) Each public junior college shall annually post on the |
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college's Internet website a transferability report card using the |
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data reported under this section. The report card must: |
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(1) be designed to provide information to students in |
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a concise manner; and |
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(2) include a summary of the data reported under this |
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section, including the percentage of courses attempted that were |
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also completed at the college, disaggregated by each category |
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described by Subsection (b). |
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(d) The coordinating board shall: |
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(1) in consultation with public junior colleges, |
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develop a model transferability report card for use under |
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Subsection (c); and |
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(2) post on the coordinating board's Internet website |
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each public junior college's transferability report card posted on |
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the college's Internet website under Subsection (c). |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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develop the model transferability report cards required under |
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Sections 51.4033(d) and 51.4034(d), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 4. (a) Not later than August 1, 2023: |
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(1) each general academic teaching institution shall |
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post on the institution's Internet website the initial |
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transferability report card required under Section 51.4033(c), |
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Education Code, as added by this Act; and |
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(2) each public junior college shall post on the |
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college's Internet website the initial transferability report card |
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required under Section 51.4034(c), Education Code, as added by this |
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Act. |
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(b) Not later than September 1, 2023, the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board shall post on the board's Internet |
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website the initial transferability report cards as required under |
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Sections 51.4033(d) and 51.4034(d), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |