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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of certain private postsecondary |
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educational institutions and career schools and colleges in the |
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higher education accountability system of the Texas Higher |
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Education 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. HIGHER EDUCATION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
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[REVIEW OF INSTITUTIONAL GROUPINGS]. (a) At least once every 10
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years, the board shall conduct a review of the institutional |
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groupings under the board's higher education accountability
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system, including a review of the criteria for and definitions |
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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 for-profit private |
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postsecondary educational institutions or for-profit career |
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schools and colleges in this state that offer degree programs. |
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Regardless of whether the board is conducting a periodic review of |
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institutional groupings as required by Subsection (a), the board |
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shall determine whether to create one or more separate |
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institutional groupings for entities to which this subsection |
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applies. In implementing this subsection, the board shall: |
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(1) consult with affected private postsecondary |
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educational institutions and career schools and colleges regarding |
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the 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. |
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