Bill Text: TX HB1160 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain data reported to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by institutions of higher education for the purpose of compliance monitoring.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-03 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1160 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1160-Introduced.html

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84R6603 JRJ-D
By: Farias H.B. No. 1160

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain data reported to the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board by institutions of higher education for the
purpose of compliance monitoring.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.035, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) For purposes of this section, enrollment data
reported by institutions of higher education to the board must
include:
(1) the identification of any student who is a veteran
or military dependent; and
(2) a designation of the type of any military higher
education benefit the student is eligible to receive, is currently
receiving, or has exhausted.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply to data
reported for students enrolled at an institution of higher
education beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year.
SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
shall adopt rules for the administration of Section 61.035,
Education Code, as amended by this Act, as soon as practicable after
this Act takes effect. For that purpose, the coordinating board may
adopt the initial rules in the manner provided by law for emergency
rules.
SECTION 4. 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, 2015.