Bill Amendment: TX SB1126 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature

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Bill Title: Relating to the establishment and administration of the Texas Woman's University System.

Status: 2021-05-26 - Effective immediately [SB1126 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1126-House_Amendment_H_2_1-Stucky.html

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Amend SB 1126 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 1, lines 14 and 15, strike "such other institutions as may be assigned by specific legislative act" and substitute "any other institution assigned by law".

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Subchapter C, Chapter 107, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 107.47 to read as follows:

Sec. 107.47.  REPORT ON TRANSITION OF BRANCH LOCATIONS TO COMPONENT INSTITUTIONS. (a) Not later than December 1, 2022, the system shall, using available funding, prepare and submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the chairs of the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction over appropriations or higher education a report on the transition of the Texas Woman's University branch locations at Dallas and Houston to component institutions of the system. The report must include:

(1)  a strategy for each branch location to attain accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges;

(2)  a strategy for improvement and expansion of facilities, if needed, at each branch location that does not include the use of additional state funding;

(3)  proposed degree programs to be offered by each branch location that will meet the requirements for approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the estimated additional state costs associated with those programs; and

(4)  any anticipated increase in administrative costs associated with the transition, including any personnel costs required to attain accreditation described by Subdivision (1).

(b)  This section expires January 1, 2023.

SECTION ____.  Subchapters G and H, Chapter 107, Education Code, as added by this Act, apply beginning with the 2023-2024 academic year.