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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of private postsecondary educational |
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institutions and private career schools and colleges in the higher |
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education accountability system of the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.0904, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 61.0904. REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL GROUPINGS. (a) At |
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least once every 10 years, the board shall conduct a review of the |
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institutional groupings under the board's higher education |
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accountability system, including a review of the criteria for and |
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definitions assigned to those groupings. |
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(b) The board shall include within the board's higher |
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education accountability system any private postsecondary |
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educational institutions or private career schools and colleges in |
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this state that offer degree programs. Regardless of whether the |
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board is conducting a periodic review of institutional groupings as |
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required by Subsection (a), the board shall determine whether to |
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create one or more separate institutional groupings for entities to |
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which this subsection applies. In implementing this subsection, |
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the board shall: |
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(1) consult with private postsecondary educational |
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institutions and private career schools and colleges regarding the |
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imposition of reporting requirements on those entities; and |
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(2) adopt rules that clearly define the types and |
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amounts of information to be reported to the board. |
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(c) In advance of each regular session of the legislature, |
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the board shall report to each standing legislative committee with |
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primary jurisdiction over higher education regarding any entities |
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to which Subsection (b) applies that do not participate in the |
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board's higher education accountability system as provided by that |
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subsection. |
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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, 2011. |