Bill Text: TX HB1604 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for students with disabilities.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-24 - Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres [HB1604 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1604-Engrossed.html
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| By: González of El Paso, Kuempel, Howard, | H.B. No. 1604 | |
| Burns, Lalani | ||
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| relating to a report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating | ||
| Board regarding enrollment and success in higher education for | ||
| students with disabilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.06642 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.06642. REPORT REGARDING ENROLLMENT AND SUCCESS IN | ||
| HIGHER EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. (a) Not later | ||
| than September 1, 2024, the board shall prepare and submit to the | ||
| legislature a report on enrollment and success in higher education | ||
| for students with a disability. | ||
| (b) The report must identify, to the extent practicable: | ||
| (1) the number and percentage of students with a | ||
| disability who enroll in an institution of higher education or | ||
| private or independent institution of higher education; | ||
| (2) barriers to enrollment in higher education for | ||
| students with a disability; | ||
| (3) policies of institutions of higher education or | ||
| private or independent institutions of higher education that | ||
| promote enrollment and success in higher education for students | ||
| with a disability; | ||
| (4) whether services and accommodations for students | ||
| with a disability are accessible at institutions of higher | ||
| education or private or independent institutions of higher | ||
| education; | ||
| (5) whether institutions of higher education or | ||
| private or independent institutions of higher education provide to | ||
| students with a disability sufficient and accurate information | ||
| regarding the educational rights and protections for persons with a | ||
| disability under state and federal law; and | ||
| (6) any recommendations for legislative or other | ||
| action. | ||
| (c) An institution of higher education shall provide to the | ||
| board on request, and the board may request from a private or | ||
| independent institution of higher education, any information | ||
| necessary for the board to prepare the report. | ||
| (d) This section expires September 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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. | ||
