S.B. No. 174
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to accountability of institutions of higher education,
  including educator preparation programs, and online institution
  resumes for public institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 21.041, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
  follows:
         (c)  The board shall propose a rule adopting a fee for the
  issuance and maintenance of an educator certificate that, when
  combined with any fees imposed under Subsection (d), is adequate to
  cover the cost of administration of this subchapter.
         (d)  The board may propose a rule adopting a fee for the
  approval or renewal of approval of an educator preparation program,
  or for the addition of a certificate or field of certification to
  the scope of a program's approval. A fee imposed under this
  subsection may not exceed the amount necessary, as determined by
  the board, to provide for the administrative cost of approving,
  renewing the approval of, and appropriately ensuring the
  accountability of educator preparation programs under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
  amended by amending Section 21.045 and adding Sections 21.0451 and
  21.0452 to read as follows:
         Sec. 21.045.  ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR EDUCATOR
  PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (a)  The board shall propose rules
  establishing standards to govern the approval and continuing
  accountability of all educator preparation programs based on the
  following information that is disaggregated with respect to sex and
  ethnicity [and that includes]:
               (1)  results of the certification examinations
  prescribed under Section 21.048(a); [and]
               (2)  performance based on the appraisal system for
  beginning teachers adopted by the board;
               (3)  achievement, including improvement in
  achievement, of students taught by beginning teachers for the first
  three years following certification, to the extent practicable; and
               (4)  compliance with board requirements regarding the
  frequency, duration, and quality of structural guidance and ongoing
  support provided by field supervisors to beginning teachers during
  their first year in the classroom.
         (b)  Each educator preparation program shall submit data
  elements as required by the board for an annual performance report
  to ensure access and equity. At a minimum, the annual report must
  contain the performance data from Subsection (a), other than the
  data required for purposes of Subsection (a)(3), and the following
  information, disaggregated by sex and ethnicity:
               (1)  the number of candidates who apply;
               (2)  the number of candidates admitted;
               (3)  the number of candidates retained;
               (4)  the number of candidates completing the program;
               (5)  the number of candidates employed in the
  profession after completing the program; [and]
               (6)  the number of candidates retained in the
  profession; and
               (7)  any other information required by federal law.
         (c)  The board shall propose rules establishing performance
  standards for the Accountability System for Educator Preparation
  for accrediting educator preparation programs. At a minimum,
  performance standards must be based on Subsection (a). The board
  may propose rules establishing minimum standards for approval or
  renewal of approval of:
               (1)  educator preparation programs; or
               (2)  certification fields authorized to be offered by
  an educator preparation program.
         Sec. 21.0451.  SANCTIONS UNDER ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM FOR
  EDUCATOR PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (a)  The board shall propose rules
  for the sanction of educator preparation programs that do not meet
  accountability standards and shall annually review the
  accreditation status of each educator preparation program. The
  rules:
               (1)  shall provide for the assignment of the following
  accreditation statuses:
                     (A)  not rated;
                     (B)  accredited;
                     (C)  accredited-warned;
                     (D)  accredited-probation; and
                     (E)  not accredited-revoked;
               (2)  may provide for the agency to take any necessary
  action, including one or more of the following actions:
                     (A)  requiring the program to obtain technical
  assistance approved by the agency or board;
                     (B)  requiring the program to obtain professional
  services under contract with another person;
                     (C)  appointing a monitor to participate in and
  report to the board on the activities of the program; and
                     (D)  if a program has been rated as
  accredited-probation under the Accountability System for Educator
  Preparation for a period of at least one year, revoking the approval
  of the program and ordering the program to be closed, provided that
  the board or agency must provide the opportunity for a hearing
  before the effective date of the closure; and
               (3)  shall provide for the agency to revoke the
  approval of the program and order the program to be closed if the
  program has been rated as accredited-probation under the
  Accountability System for Educator Preparation for three
  consecutive years, provided that the board or agency must provide
  the opportunity for a hearing before the effective date of the
  closure.
         (b)  Any action authorized or required to be taken against an
  educator preparation program under Subsection (a) may also be taken
  with regard to a particular field of certification authorized to be
  offered by an educator preparation program.
         (c)  A permissive revocation under Subsection (a)(2) or
  required revocation under Subsection (a)(3) must be effective for a
  period of at least two years. After two years, the program may seek
  renewed approval to prepare educators for state certification.
         (d)  The costs of technical assistance required under
  Subsection (a)(2)(A) or the costs associated with the appointment
  of a monitor under Subsection (a)(2)(C) shall be paid by the sponsor
  of the educator preparation program [The executive director of the
  board shall appoint an oversight team of educators to make
  recommendations and provide assistance to educator preparation
  programs that do not meet accreditation standards. If, after one
  year, an educator preparation program has not fulfilled the
  recommendations of the oversight team, the executive director shall
  appoint a person to administer and manage the operations of the
  program. If the program does not improve after two years, the board
  shall revoke the approval of the program to prepare educators for
  state certification].
         Sec. 21.0452.  CONSUMER INFORMATION REGARDING EDUCATOR
  PREPARATION PROGRAMS. (a)  To assist persons interested in
  obtaining teaching certification in selecting an educator
  preparation program and assist school districts in making staffing
  decisions, the board shall make information regarding educator
  programs in this state available to the public through the board's
  Internet website.
         (b)  The board shall make available at least the following
  information regarding each educator preparation program:
               (1)  the information specified in Sections 21.045(a)
  and (b);
               (2)  in addition to any other appropriate information
  indicating the quality of persons admitted to the program, the
  average academic qualifications possessed by persons admitted to
  the program, including:
                     (A)  average overall grade point average and
  average grade point average in specific subject areas; and
                     (B)  average scores on the Scholastic Assessment
  Test (SAT), the American College Test (ACT), or the Graduate Record
  Examination (GRE), as applicable;
               (3)  the degree to which persons who complete the
  program are successful in obtaining teaching positions;
               (4)  the extent to which the program prepares teachers,
  including general education teachers and special education
  teachers, to effectively teach:
                     (A)  students with disabilities; and
                     (B)  students of limited English proficiency, as
  defined by Section 29.052;
               (5)  the activities offered by the program that are
  designed to prepare teachers to:
                     (A)  integrate technology effectively into
  curricula and instruction, including activities consistent with
  the principles of universal design for learning; and
                     (B)  use technology effectively to collect,
  manage, and analyze data to improve teaching and learning for the
  purpose of increasing student academic achievement;
               (6)  the perseverance of beginning teachers in the
  profession, as determined on the basis of the number of beginning
  teachers who maintain status as active contributing members in the
  Teacher Retirement System of Texas for at least three years after
  certification in comparison to similar programs;
               (7)  the results of exit surveys given to program
  participants on completion of the program that involve evaluation
  of the program's effectiveness in preparing participants to succeed
  in the classroom; and
               (8)  the results of surveys given to school principals
  that involve evaluation of the program's effectiveness in preparing
  participants to succeed in the classroom, based on experience with
  employed program participants.
         (c)  For purposes of Subsection (b)(7), the board shall
  require an educator preparation program to distribute an exit
  survey that a program participant must complete before the
  participant is eligible to receive a certificate under this
  subchapter.
         (d)  For purposes of Subsections (b)(7) and (8), the board
  shall develop surveys for distribution to program participants and
  school principals.
         (e)  The board may develop procedures under which each
  educator preparation program receives a designation or ranking
  based on the information required to be made available under
  Subsection (b). If the board develops procedures under this
  subsection, the designation or ranking received by each program
  must be included in the information made available under this
  section.
         (f)  In addition to other information required to be made
  available under this section, the board shall provide information
  identifying employment opportunities for teachers in the various
  regions of this state. The board shall specifically identify each
  region of this state in which a shortage of qualified teachers
  exists.
         (g)  The board may require any person to provide information
  to the board for purposes of this section.
         SECTION 3.  Subtitle A, Title 3, Education Code, is amended
  by adding Chapter 51A to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 51A. ONLINE INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
  EDUCATION
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 51A.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
  Education Coordinating Board.
               (2)  "General academic teaching institution,"
  "institution of higher education," "medical and dental unit,"
  "public state college," and "public technical institute" have the
  meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
         Sec. 51A.002.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF COORDINATING BOARD
  RELATING TO INSTITUTION RESUMES; GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR
  INSTITUTION RESUMES. (a)  The coordinating board, in consultation
  with each institution of higher education to which this chapter
  applies, shall develop and maintain online resumes for each of
  those institutions.
         (b)  The coordinating board shall:
               (1)  request from each institution of higher education
  to which this chapter applies any information the coordinating
  board considers necessary for the coordinating board to include
  information or calculate data required to be included in the
  institution's resume;
               (2)  establish for each institution of higher education
  to which this chapter applies a list of representative in-state and
  out-of-state peer institutions and maintain that list on the
  coordinating board's Internet website;
               (3)  ensure that each of an institution of higher
  education's online resumes:
                     (A)  is available to the public on the
  coordinating board's Internet website, in a one-page format if
  possible, and is accessible through a link that appears in a
  prominent place on the coordinating board's Internet website home
  page;
                     (B)  uses enhanced, user-friendly search
  capabilities to ensure that the information required to be included
  in the resume is easily accessible to the persons for whom the
  resume is designed; and
                     (C)  includes a clearly identifiable link to
  information on the coordinating board's Internet website regarding
  the coordinating board's higher education accountability system;
  and
               (4)  ensure that the information provided in each
  resume is accurate and up to date and includes the most recent data
  available for out-of-state peer institutions.
         (c)  The coordinating board may modify, as the coordinating
  board considers necessary, national data regarding an
  institution's out-of-state peer institutions to ensure uniformity
  in the comparison of that data to data regarding the institution for
  which the resume is created and the institution's in-state peer
  institutions in a resume under this chapter.
         (d)  The coordinating board is not required to include in the
  resume any category of information that is unavailable to the
  coordinating board.
         Sec. 51A.003.  DUTIES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
  RELATING TO INSTITUTION RESUMES. Each institution of higher
  education to which this chapter applies shall:
               (1)  submit to the coordinating board any information
  requested by the coordinating board as necessary for the
  coordinating board to include information or calculate data
  required to be included in the institution's resumes; and
               (2)  ensure that the institution's Internet website
  home page includes, in a prominent place, an accessible link to the
  institution's online resumes maintained on the coordinating board's
  Internet website.
  [Sections 51A.004-51A.050 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER B. ONLINE INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR FOUR-YEAR GENERAL
  ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS
         Sec. 51A.051.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
  applies only to general academic teaching institutions, other than
  public state colleges.
         Sec. 51A.052.  INSTITUTION RESUME FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER
  POLICY MAKERS. (a)  The coordinating board shall maintain for each
  institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume that
  is designed for use by legislators and other interested policy
  makers.
         (b)  The resume required by this section must identify:
               (1)  the institutional grouping to which the
  institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
  education accountability system; and
               (2)  the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
  institutions.
         (c)  For purposes of this section, information required to be
  included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state or
  out-of-state peer institutions must be listed in the form of the
  average of that information for those institutions unless otherwise
  prescribed by coordinating board rule.
         (d)  The resume must include the following information
  relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
  for which the information is available and compare that information
  to the same information for the state fiscal year preceding the most
  recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and
  the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year
  for which the information is available by five years:
               (1)  under the heading "ENROLLMENT," the total number
  of students enrolled in the institution during the fall semester
  that ended in the fiscal year covered by the resume;
               (2)  under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
  total academic costs for a resident undergraduate student enrolled
  in 30 semester credit hours:
                     (A)  at the institution; and
                     (B)  at the institution's in-state and
  out-of-state peer institutions;
               (3)  under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
                     (A)  the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
  degree-seeking entering undergraduate students:
                           (i)  enrolled in the institution after one
  academic year and after two academic years; and
                           (ii)  enrolled in the institution's in-state
  peer institutions after two academic years;
                     (B)  the percentage of undergraduate students
  requiring developmental education who, after six years from
  entering the institution, graduated from or are still enrolled in:
                           (i)  the institution; and
                           (ii)  the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
                     (C)  the four-year and six-year graduation rates
  of full-time degree-seeking students:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state and
  out-of-state peer institutions; and
                     (D)  the average number of fall and spring
  semesters of enrollment attempted by a student to obtain a
  bachelor's degree:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
               (4)  under the heading "FUNDING":
                     (A)  the total amount of money appropriated by the
  legislature to the institution, including money appropriated for
  faculty and staff health coverage and retirement benefits; and
                     (B)  the total amount of money from any source
  available to the institution in that state fiscal year.
         Sec. 51A.053.  INSTITUTION RESUME FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
  PARENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a)  The coordinating board
  shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
  applies an online resume that is designed for use by prospective
  students of the institution, their parents, and other interested
  members of the public. A resume required for an institution under
  this section is not required to include information that the
  coordinating board considers to be substantially duplicative of
  information reported and available to the public through the
  Voluntary System of Accountability Program.
         (b)  The resume must identify:
               (1)  the institutional grouping to which the
  institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
  education accountability system; and
               (2)  the institution's in-state peer institutions.
         (c)  Except as otherwise provided by the coordinating board
  under Subsection (a), the resume must include the following
  information relating to the most recent state fiscal year for which
  the information is available:
               (1)  under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
                     (A)  the total number of students enrolled in the
  institution during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year
  covered by the resume; and
                     (B)  a clearly identifiable link to the
  information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
  ethnicity;
               (2)  under the heading "DEGREES AWARDED":
                     (A)  the number of bachelor's degrees, number of
  master's degrees, number of doctoral degrees, and number of
  professional degrees awarded by the institution; and
                     (B)  a clearly identifiable link to the
  information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
  ethnicity;
               (3)  under the heading "COSTS":
                     (A)  the average annual total academic costs for a
  resident undergraduate student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours
  at the institution;
                     (B)  clearly identifiable links to information
  regarding:
                           (i)  the rate or rates of tuition per
  semester credit hour charged by the institution;
                           (ii)  any mandatory fees, as defined by the
  coordinating board, imposed by the institution; and
                           (iii)  the amount and percentage by which
  the institution has increased tuition for a degree program or
  course level during the state fiscal year covered by the resume;
                     (C)  the average cost of on-campus room and board
  per student; and
                     (D)  the average cost to a resident undergraduate
  student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours for total academic
  costs and on-campus room and board, excluding the cost of books,
  supplies, transportation, or other expenses;
               (4)  under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
                     (A)  the percentage of undergraduate students
  enrolled in the institution who receive need-based grants or
  scholarships;
                     (B)  the percentage of undergraduate students
  enrolled in the institution who receive need-based grants,
  scholarships, loans, or work-study funds;
                     (C)  the average amount of an undergraduate
  student's need-based grant and scholarship package; and
                     (D)  the average amount of an undergraduate
  student's need-based grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study
  package;
               (5)  under the heading "ADMISSIONS":
                     (A)  the middle 50 percent test score range of
  first-time undergraduate students at the institution whose
  Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores were in the 25th to 75th
  percentile of students' scores at that institution;
                     (B)  the middle 50 percent test score range of
  first-time undergraduate students at the institution whose
  American College Test (ACT) scores were in the 25th to 75th
  percentile of students' scores at that institution; and
                     (C)  the percentage of the students who applied
  for first-time undergraduate admission to the institution who were
  offered admission to the institution;
               (6)  under the heading "INSTRUCTION":
                     (A)  the student/faculty ratio at the
  institution;
                     (B)  the percentage of organized undergraduate
  classes offered by the institution in which fewer than 20 students
  are enrolled;
                     (C)  the percentage of organized undergraduate
  classes offered by the institution in which more than 50 students
  are enrolled; and
                     (D)  the percentage of teaching faculty members of
  the institution who are tenured or tenure-track;
               (7)  under the heading "BACCALAUREATE SUCCESS":
                     (A)  four-year, five-year, and six-year
  graduation rates for full-time bachelor's degree-seeking students
  at the institution, and links to that information disaggregated by
  student ethnicity; and
                     (B)  the average number of fall and spring
  semesters of enrollment attempted by a student to obtain a
  bachelor's degree; and
               (8)  under the heading "FIRST-TIME LICENSURE OR
  CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION PASS RATES," the first-time licensure or
  certification examination pass rates in the fields of education,
  law, pharmacy, nursing, and engineering of students enrolled in the
  institution or who have graduated from the institution.
  [Sections 51A.054-51A.100 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER C. INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR LOWER-DIVISION INSTITUTIONS
         Sec. 51A.101.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
  applies only to the following institutions of higher education:
               (1)  public junior colleges;
               (2)  public technical institutes; and
               (3)  public state colleges.
         Sec. 51A.102.  INSTITUTION RESUME FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER
  POLICY MAKERS. (a)  The coordinating board shall maintain for each
  institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume for
  the institution designed for use by legislators and other
  interested policy makers.
         (b)  The resume must identify:
               (1)  the institutional grouping to which the
  institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
  education accountability system; and
               (2)  the institution's in-state peer institutions.
         (c)  For purposes of this section, information required to be
  included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state peer
  institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
  information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
  coordinating board rule.
         (d)  The resume must include the following information
  relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
  for which the information is available and compare that information
  to the same information for the state fiscal year preceding the most
  recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and
  the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year
  for which the information is available by five years:
               (1)  under the heading "ENROLLMENT," the total number
  of students enrolled in the institution for course credit during
  the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the
  resume;
               (2)  under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
  total academic costs, which for a junior college must include those
  costs for an in-district and an out-of-district student, for a
  student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours toward a two-year
  degree or certificate:
                     (A)  at the institution; and
                     (B)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
               (3)  under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
                     (A)  the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
  credential-seeking entering undergraduate students:
                           (i)  enrolled in the institution after two
  academic years; and
                           (ii)  enrolled in the institution's in-state
  peer institutions after two academic years;
                     (B)  the percentage of undergraduate students
  requiring developmental education who, after three years from
  entering the institution, graduated from or are still enrolled in:
                           (i)  the institution; and
                           (ii)  the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
                     (C)  the three-year, four-year, and six-year
  graduation rates of full-time credential-seeking students:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
                     (D)  the percentage of students who transferred to
  a general academic teaching institution or equivalent institution
  of higher education, as determined using the accountability system
  definition of a transfer student:
                           (i)  from the institution; and
                           (ii)  from the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
                     (E)  the percentage of graduates from the
  preceding academic year who, as of the fall semester that ended in
  the fiscal year covered by the resume, were either employed or
  enrolled in a general academic teaching institution or equivalent
  institution of higher education for:
                           (i)  the institution; and
                           (ii)  the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
               (4)  under the heading "FUNDING":
                     (A)  the total amount of money appropriated by the
  legislature to the institution for that state fiscal year,
  including money appropriated for faculty and staff health coverage
  and retirement benefits;
                     (B)  the total amount of money from any source
  available to the institution in that state fiscal year; and
                     (C)  the tax rate per $100 valuation of taxable
  property imposed by the junior college district, if the institution
  is a public junior college.
         Sec. 51A.103.  INSTITUTION RESUME FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
  PARENTS, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a)  The coordinating
  board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
  applies an online resume that is designed for use by prospective
  students of the institution, their parents, and other interested
  members of the public.
         (b)  The resume must identify:
               (1)  the institutional grouping to which the
  institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
  education accountability system; and
               (2)  the institution's in-state peer institutions.
         (c)  For purposes of this section, information required to be
  included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state peer
  institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
  information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
  coordinating board rule.
         (d)  The resume must include the following information
  relating to the most recent state fiscal year for which the
  information is available:
               (1)  under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
                     (A)  the total number of students enrolled during
  the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the
  resume:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
                     (B)  a clearly identifiable link to information
  described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student ethnicity;
               (2)  under the heading "DEGREES AND CERTIFICATES
  AWARDED":
                     (A)  the number of degrees or certificates awarded
  for each level, type, or other category of degree or certificate
  specified by the coordinating board for purposes of this paragraph:
                           (i)  by the institution; and
                           (ii)  by the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
                     (B)  a clearly identifiable link to the
  information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student
  ethnicity;
               (3)  under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
  total academic costs, which for a junior college must include those
  costs for an in-district and out-of-district student, for a student
  enrolled in 30 semester credit hours toward a two-year degree:
                     (A)  at the institution; and
                     (B)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
               (4)  under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
                     (A)  the percentage of students who receive
  need-based grants or scholarships:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
                     (B)  the percentage of students who receive
  need-based grants, scholarships, loans, or work-study funds:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
                     (C)  the average amount of a student's need-based
  grant and scholarship package:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
                     (D)  the average amount of a student's need-based
  grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study package:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
               (5)  under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
                     (A)  the retention rate of first-time, full-time,
  credential-seeking entering undergraduate students:
                           (i)  enrolled in the institution after two
  academic years; and
                           (ii)  enrolled in the institution's in-state
  peer institutions after two academic years;
                     (B)  the percentage of students requiring
  developmental education who, after three years from entering the
  institution, have graduated from or are still enrolled in:
                           (i)  the institution; and
                           (ii)  the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
                     (C)  the three-year, four-year, and six-year
  graduation rates of full-time degree-seeking students:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
                     (D)  the percentage of students who transferred to
  a general academic teaching institution or equivalent institution
  of higher education, as determined using the accountability system
  definition of a transfer student:
                           (i)  from the institution; and
                           (ii)  from the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
                     (E)  the percentage of graduates from the
  preceding academic year who, as of the fall semester that ended in
  the fiscal year covered by the resume, were either employed or
  enrolled in a general academic teaching institution or equivalent
  institution of higher education for:
                           (i)  the institution; and
                           (ii)  the institution's in-state peer
  institutions.
  [Sections 51A.104-51A.150 reserved for expansion]
  SUBCHAPTER D. ONLINE INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR MEDICAL AND DENTAL
  UNITS
         Sec. 51A.151.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter
  applies only to medical and dental units.
         Sec. 51A.152.  INSTITUTION RESUME FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER
  POLICY MAKERS. (a)  The coordinating board shall maintain for each
  institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume
  designed for use by legislators and other interested policy makers.
         (b)  The resume must identify:
               (1)  the institutional grouping to which the
  institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
  education accountability system; and
               (2)  the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
  institutions.
         (c)  For purposes of this section, information required to be
  included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state or
  out-of-state peer institutions must be listed in the form of the
  average of that information for those institutions unless otherwise
  prescribed by coordinating board rule.
         (d)  The resume must include the following information
  relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year
  for which the information is available and compare that information
  to the same information for the state fiscal year preceding the most
  recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and
  the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year
  for which the information is available by five years:
               (1)  under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
                     (A)  the total number of students enrolled in the
  institution during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year
  covered by the resume;
                     (B)  if applicable, the total number of students
  enrolled in the institution's medical school during that fall
  semester; and
                     (C)  if applicable, the total number of physicians
  certified by the institution annually on September 1 as training in
  residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for
  Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic
  Association;
               (2)  under the heading "COSTS," the average annual
  total academic costs, including those costs identified by type of
  degree program if required by coordinating board rule, for a
  resident, full-time undergraduate student and for a resident,
  full-time graduate student:
                     (A)  at the institution; and
                     (B)  at the institution's in-state and
  out-of-state peer institutions;
               (3)  under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
                     (A)  if applicable, the percentage of medical
  school students who pass Part 1 or Part 2 of any examination
  administered or accepted for a medical license under Subtitle B,
  Title 3, Occupations Code:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state and
  out-of-state peer institutions;
                     (B)  if applicable, the percentage of medical
  school students who are practicing primary care in this state:
                           (i)  after graduating from the institution;
  and
                           (ii)  after graduating from the
  institution's in-state peer institutions;
                     (C)  the number of nursing degrees or allied
  health degrees awarded for each level:
                           (i)  by the institution; and
                           (ii)  by the institution's in-state and
  out-of-state peer institutions; and
                     (D)  the estimated total amount of the
  institution's research expenditures for the most recent state
  fiscal year available; and
               (4)  under the heading "FUNDING":
                     (A)  the total amount of money appropriated by the
  legislature to the institution, including money appropriated for
  faculty and staff health coverage and retirement benefits, for that
  state fiscal year; and
                     (B)  the total amount of money from any source
  available to the institution for that state fiscal year.
         Sec. 51A.153.  INSTITUTION RESUME FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS,
  PARENTS, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a)  The coordinating
  board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter
  applies an online resume that is designed for use by prospective
  students of the institution, their parents, and other interested
  members of the public.
         (b)  The resume must identify:
               (1)  the institutional grouping to which the
  institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher
  education accountability system; and
               (2)  the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer
  institutions.
         (c)  For purposes of this section, information required to be
  included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state peer
  institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that
  information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by
  coordinating board rules.
         (d)  The resume must include the following information
  relating to the most recent state fiscal year for which the
  information is available:
               (1)  under the heading "ENROLLMENT," with clearly
  identifiable links to the information disaggregated by student
  ethnicity:
                     (A)  the total number of students enrolled in the
  institution during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year
  covered by the resume;
                     (B)  if applicable, the total number of students
  enrolled in the institution's medical school during that fall
  semester; and
                     (C)  if applicable, the total number of physicians
  certified by the institution annually on September 1 as training in
  residency programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for
  Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association
  at the institution on the most recent September 1 for which the
  information is available;
               (2)  under the heading "COSTS":
                     (A)  the average annual total academic costs,
  including those costs identified by type of degree program if
  required by coordinating board rule, for a resident, full-time
  student at the institution;
                     (B)  clearly identifiable links to information
  regarding:
                           (i)  the tuition per academic year charged
  by the institution under Section 54.051;
                           (ii)  any mandatory fees, as defined by the
  coordinating board, imposed by the institution; and
                           (iii)  the amount and percentage by which
  the institution has increased tuition for a degree program or
  course level during the five state fiscal years preceding the state
  fiscal year covered by the resume; and
                     (C)  the average cost to a resident undergraduate
  student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours for tuition and fees;
               (3)  under the heading "FINANCIAL AID":
                     (A)  the percentage of graduate students enrolled
  in the institution who receive need-based grants or scholarships;
                     (B)  the percentage of graduate students enrolled
  in the institution who receive need-based grants, scholarships,
  loans, or work-study funds;
                     (C)  the average amount of a graduate student's
  need-based grant and scholarship package; and
                     (D)  the average amount of a graduate student's
  need-based grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study package;
               (4)  under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
                     (A)  if applicable, the percentage of medical
  school students who pass Part 1 or Part 2 of any examination
  administered or accepted for a medical license under Subtitle B,
  Title 3, Occupations Code:
                           (i)  at the institution; and
                           (ii)  at the institution's in-state peer
  institutions;
                     (B)  if applicable, the percentage of medical
  school students who are practicing primary care in this state:
                           (i)  after graduating from the institution;
  and
                           (ii)  after graduating from the
  institution's in-state peer institutions;
                     (C)  the number of nursing degrees or allied
  health degrees awarded for each level:
                           (i)  by the institution; and
                           (ii)  by the institution's in-state peer
  institutions; and
                     (D)  the estimated total amount of the
  institution's research expenditures; and
               (5)  under the heading "FIRST-TIME LICENSURE OR
  CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION PASS RATES," the first-time licensure or
  certification examination pass rates in applicable fields of
  students who are enrolled in or have graduated from:
                     (A)  the institution; and
                     (B)  the institution's in-state peer
  institutions.
         SECTION 4.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  shall create the online institution resumes required by Chapter
  51A, Education Code, as added by this Act, and provide the resumes
  on the board's Internet website not later than February 1, 2010.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 174 passed the Senate on
  April 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2009, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 174 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
  Nays 1, one present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor