Bill Text: TX SB1230 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1230 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1230-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-26 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1230 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1230-Introduced.html
87R9376 JRJ-D | ||
By: Taylor | S.B. No. 1230 |
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relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College | ||
Finance. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 130, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 130.1305 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 130.1305. TEXAS COMMISSION ON COMMUNITY COLLEGE | ||
FINANCE. (a) The Texas Commission on Community College Finance is | ||
established to make recommendations for consideration by the 88th | ||
Texas Legislature regarding the state funding formula and funding | ||
levels for public junior colleges in Texas that would be sufficient | ||
to sustain viable junior college education and training offerings | ||
throughout the state. | ||
(b) The commission is composed of 11 members as follows: | ||
(1) three members appointed by the governor; | ||
(2) three members appointed by the lieutenant | ||
governor; | ||
(3) three members appointed by the speaker of the | ||
house of representatives; | ||
(4) one member appointed by the board of the Texas | ||
Association of Community Colleges; and | ||
(5) one member appointed by the board of the Community | ||
College Association of Texas Trustees. | ||
(c) Members appointed by the governor must be | ||
representatives of junior college leaders, business leaders, or | ||
other stakeholders knowledgeable in junior college mission, | ||
instructional programs, and finance. | ||
(d) Members appointed by the lieutenant governor shall | ||
consist of: | ||
(1) two members of the Texas Senate; and | ||
(2) an administrator from an institution of higher | ||
education as defined by Section 61.003. | ||
(e) Members appointed by the speaker of the house shall | ||
consist of: | ||
(1) two members of the house of representatives; and | ||
(2) an administrator from an institution of higher | ||
education as defined by Section 61.003. | ||
(f) In making appointments, the governor, lieutenant | ||
governor, and speaker of the house of representatives shall | ||
coordinate to ensure that the membership of the commission | ||
reflects, to the extent possible, the geographic diversity of Texas | ||
public junior colleges and the ethnic diversity of the communities | ||
served by those junior colleges. | ||
(g) The commission shall convene not later than the 90th day | ||
after the enactment of this section by the legislature and shall | ||
continue its activities until completion of a final report. | ||
(h) The commission shall examine trend and forecast data, | ||
seek stakeholder input, and account for equity in student outcomes, | ||
with a particular focus on students who are underrepresented in | ||
higher education, including from families in the bottom quintiles | ||
of the economic spectrum, and make recommendations on the following | ||
policies: | ||
(1) contact hour funding formulas established for | ||
public junior colleges under Subchapter C, Chapter 61, and | ||
Subchapter A of this chapter; | ||
(2) the use of student success points established | ||
under Section 61.0593 to determine the allocation of state funding | ||
to public junior colleges; | ||
(3) historical or innovative funding methods for | ||
supporting underfunded colleges; | ||
(4) revenue source proportionality in the payment of | ||
employee group insurance benefits; and | ||
(5) the feasibility of establishing shared service | ||
agreements or interinstitutional collaboratives where institutions | ||
of higher education perform administrative services, other than | ||
direct instruction and student support services, for other | ||
institutions of higher education for a fee or other consideration. | ||
(i) The commission may seek resource support, including | ||
data analyses and technical assistance, from the Texas Higher | ||
Education Coordinating Board, the Texas Association of Community | ||
Colleges, and research organizations. The commission may accept | ||
gifts, grants, and donations from any source to be used to carry out | ||
a function of the commission. | ||
(j) The commission shall submit a final report and | ||
recommendations to the governor, lieutenant governor, and both | ||
houses of the legislature not later than November 1, 2022. | ||
(k) This section expires January 1, 2023. | ||
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, 2021. |