Bill Text: TX SB2519 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to publish certain online resources.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to s/c on Higher Education by Pres [SB2519 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2519-Introduced.html
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| By: Creighton | S.B. No. 2519 | |
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| relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to | ||
| publish certain online resources. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.9747 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.9747. ONLINE PUBLIC RESOURCES. (a) In this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (2) "Training session" means a program, lecture, | ||
| presentation, or directed group activity planned or presented by an | ||
| institution of higher education for students, faculty, staff, or | ||
| the public, whether mandatory or voluntary, for the purpose of | ||
| coordinating behavior with certain standards or securing | ||
| compliance with a certain message or purpose. The term includes any | ||
| orientation program for new students, faculty, or staff and any | ||
| training regarding topics surrounding race, gender, sexual | ||
| identity, campus climate, or interpersonal relations. | ||
| (b) Each institution of higher education shall make | ||
| available to prospective students, parents of prospective | ||
| students, and other interested members of the public on the | ||
| institution's Internet website: | ||
| (1) a syllabus portal; | ||
| (2) an employment information directory; and | ||
| (3) a training sessions database. | ||
| (c) The information made available under Subsection (b) | ||
| must be: | ||
| (1) accessible from the institution's Internet website | ||
| home page by the use of not more than three website links; | ||
| (2) searchable by keywords and phrases; and | ||
| (3) accessible to the public without requiring | ||
| registration or use of a user name, password, or other form of user | ||
| identification. | ||
| (d) The syllabus portal must include a single database | ||
| containing the course syllabus for every classroom course offered | ||
| for credit by the institution. A syllabus included in the portal: | ||
| (1) must comply with the requirements under Section | ||
| 51.974(a)(1); and | ||
| (2) may exclude the time and location of class | ||
| meetings. | ||
| (e) The employment information directory must be updated at | ||
| least annually and include the following information for each | ||
| employee or officer of the institution: | ||
| (1) name; | ||
| (2) department; | ||
| (3) tenure status; | ||
| (4) job title; and | ||
| (5) general job description. | ||
| (f) The state auditor shall audit each institution of higher | ||
| education's employment information directory for compliance with | ||
| this section and any other relevant provisions of law at least once | ||
| every three years. This subsection does not affect the state | ||
| auditor's authority to conduct an audit in accordance with Chapter | ||
| 321, Government Code. | ||
| (g) The training sessions database must include a playable | ||
| video recording or written transcript record of every training | ||
| session the institution conducts for students, faculty, or staff. | ||
| The recording or transcript must include the entirety of the | ||
| training session, including any question and answer session, but | ||
| may not include any personally identifying information of a | ||
| student, faculty member, or staff member who participated in the | ||
| training session but was not involved with the planning, | ||
| coordination, or presentation of the training session. | ||
| (h) The governing board of each institution of higher | ||
| education shall designate an administrator to be responsible for | ||
| ensuring compliance with this section. The administrator may | ||
| assign duties under this section to one or more administrative | ||
| employees. | ||
| (i) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt | ||
| rules necessary to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, each public institution of higher education shall | ||
| comply with Section 51.9747, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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. | ||
