Bill Text: TX HB4109 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the information maintained by the Texas Education Agency regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Higher Education [HB4109 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4109-Introduced.html
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By: Troxclair | H.B. No. 4109 |
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relating to the information maintained by the Texas Education | ||
Agency regarding postsecondary education and career opportunities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 7.040(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The agency shall prepare information comparing | ||
institutions of higher education in this state and post the | ||
information on the agency's Internet website. Information prepared | ||
under this section shall be given to a public school student who | ||
requests the information. The information shall: | ||
(1) identify postsecondary education and career | ||
opportunities, including information that states the benefits of | ||
four-year and two-year higher education programs, postsecondary | ||
technical education, skilled workforce careers, and career | ||
education programs; | ||
(2) compare each institution of higher education with | ||
other institutions, both overall and disaggregated by | ||
baccalaureate or associate degree or certificate program, | ||
regarding: | ||
(A) the relative cost of tuition, both in total | ||
and less the average amount of student financial assistance; | ||
(B) the number of students enrolled full-time; | ||
(C) the retention rate of students; | ||
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(E) the graduation, withdrawal, transfer, and | ||
current enrollment rates of students during the eight-year period | ||
after initial enrollment; | ||
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(i) the percentage of students who receive | ||
federal student loans; and | ||
(ii) the average monthly amount of student | ||
loan payments, disaggregated by graduates and nongraduates; | ||
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(I) the average earnings of students: | ||
(i) after graduation, both overall and for | ||
the five baccalaureate or associate degree or certificate programs | ||
with the highest student enrollment; and | ||
(ii) after withdrawal; | ||
(3) identify the state's future workforce needs, as | ||
projected by the Texas Workforce Commission; [ |
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(4) identify: | ||
(A) the top 50 baccalaureate degree programs with | ||
the highest average earnings after graduation; and | ||
(B) the top 20 associate degree or certificate | ||
programs with the highest average earnings after graduation; | ||
(5) include annual starting wage and educational | ||
requirements information for the top 25 [ |
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this state, as identified by the Texas Workforce Commission; and | ||
(6) include the following information regarding | ||
enlistment in the armed forces of the United States, disaggregated | ||
by military branch: | ||
(A) the starting pay, signing bonus, and other | ||
benefits; and | ||
(B) the minimum passing score on the Armed | ||
Services Vocational Aptitude Battery required for enlistment. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
date of this Act, the Texas Education Agency shall update the | ||
information required under Section 7.040(a), Education Code, as | ||
amended by this Act. | ||
(b) As soon as practicable after the Texas Education Agency | ||
completes the update required by Subsection (a) of this section, | ||
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall update the | ||
comparative gainful employment data regarding public institutions | ||
of higher education required to be maintained by the board under | ||
Sections 51.762(b-1) and 51.763(b), Education Code, to include the | ||
information required under Section 7.040(a), Education Code, as | ||
amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |