Bill Text: TX SB249 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to the submission of an affordability and access report by public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB249 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB249-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to the submission of an affordability and access report by public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [SB249 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB249-Engrossed.html
By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 249 |
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relating to the submission of an affordability and access report by | ||
public institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 51.4031(a) and (d), Education Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than November 1 of each year, the chief | ||
executive officer of each institution of higher education, as | ||
defined by Section 61.003, shall provide to the governing board of | ||
the institution and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a | ||
report for the preceding fall, spring, and summer semesters that | ||
examines the affordability and access of the institution. | ||
(d) An institution's report must be in the form prescribed | ||
by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in consultation | ||
with the institution. The coordinating board shall provide a | ||
report received under this section to the governor, the lieutenant | ||
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and each | ||
member of the legislature. The coordinating board may provide the | ||
report electronically. | ||
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, 2017. |