Bill Text: TX SB1295 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to financial support and incentives for comprehensive regional universities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 30-16)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-30 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1295 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1295-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to financial support and incentives for comprehensive regional universities.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 30-16)
Status: (Passed) 2021-05-30 - Effective on 9/1/21 [SB1295 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1295-Introduced.html
By: Creighton | S.B. No. 1295 | |
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relating to state support for comprehensive regional universities | ||
in this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 62, Education Code, is amended by adding | ||
Subchapter I to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER I. COMPREHENSIVE REGIONAL UNIVERSITY FUNDING | ||
Sec. 62.171. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: | ||
(1) "At-risk student" means an undergraduate student of | ||
an eligible institution: | ||
(A) whose score on the Scholastic Assessment Test | ||
(SAT) or the American College Test (ACT) is less than the national | ||
mean score of students' scores on that test; or | ||
(B) who has previously received a grant under the | ||
federal Pell Grant program or met the Expected Family | ||
Contribution(EFC) criterion for a grant under that program. | ||
(2) "Comprehensive regional university" means an | ||
institution of higher education that is designated as a doctoral, | ||
comprehensive, or master's university under the coordinating | ||
board's accountability system. | ||
(3) "Eligible institution" means a comprehensive | ||
regional university. | ||
Sec. 62.172. PURPOSE. The purpose of this subchapter is to | ||
provide funding to each comprehensive regional university to | ||
support their mission to serve at-risk students, help meet the | ||
state's workforce needs, and enhance their regional economies. | ||
Sec. 62.173. FUNDING. (a) In each state fiscal year, | ||
amounts shall be appropriated for purposes of this subchapter to | ||
eligible institutions as follows: | ||
(1) a base amount of $500,000 or a greater amount | ||
provided by appropriation to each eligible institution; and | ||
(2) $1,000 or a greater amount provided by | ||
appropriation for each degree awarded to an at-risk student by an | ||
eligible institution. | ||
(b) The number of degrees awarded under Subsection (a)(2) is | ||
determined by using the average number of degrees awarded to | ||
at-risk students annually by each institution in the three | ||
preceding state fiscal years. | ||
(c) An alternative allocation method for this funding may be | ||
provided by appropriation. | ||
Sec. 62.174. STUDY AND REPORT. (a) The coordinating board | ||
in consultation with a representative group of eligible | ||
institutions shall conduct a study of the funding methodology | ||
established under Section 62.173 to determine its effectiveness in: | ||
(1) allocating state funds fairly and equitably; and | ||
(2) promoting student success at eligible | ||
institutions. | ||
(b) Not later than September 1, 2022, the coordinating board | ||
shall submit to the governor and the Legislative Budget Board a | ||
written report that includes the study's findings and any | ||
recommendations for legislative or other action. | ||
(c) This section expires September 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 2. (a) The funding for this Act for the state fiscal | ||
years ending in 2022 and 2023 is contingent on the legislature | ||
providing a specific appropriation for the implementation of this | ||
Act in the general appropriations act of the 87th legislature. | ||
(b) This Act takes effect immediately if this Act receives | ||
the votes 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, those | ||
sections take effect September 1, 2021. |