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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that each state university provide to a |
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student certain employment data relating to the student's major |
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field of study. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9196 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9196. REQUIRED EMPLOYMENT DATA FOR NEW STUDENTS |
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REGARDING MAJOR FIELD OF STUDY. (a) In this section, "general |
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academic teaching institution" and "public state college" have the |
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meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) As soon as practicable following the student's |
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enrollment, each general academic teaching institution other than a |
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public state college shall provide to each first-time entering |
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undergraduate student, including each undergraduate student who |
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transfers to the institution, information, in electronic or paper |
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format, relating to the student's major field of study from the |
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Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics |
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("Texas CREWS") report on gainful employment applicable to the |
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institution for the most recent year for which that information is |
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available. |
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(c) If a student to whom an institution is required to |
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provide information under this section has not chosen a major field |
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of study, the institution shall provide to the student an Internet |
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website link to the Texas CREWS report on gainful employment |
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applicable to the institution for the most recent year for which |
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that information is available. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.9196, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with the 2017 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2017. |