Bill Text: TX HB2920 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an audit of faculty composition by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2920 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2920-Introduced.html

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85R13097 PMO-D
By: Alonzo H.B. No. 2920

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an audit of faculty composition by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.09010 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.09010. AUDIT OF FACULTY COMPOSITION. (a) The board
shall conduct an annual audit of information and data related to the
age, gender, and race or ethnic composition of the faculty of
institutions of higher education.
(b) The board may require an institution of higher education
to report to the board the data and information the board considers
necessary to conduct a thorough audit under Subsection (a),
including data related to the age, gender, and race or ethnicity of
each faculty member of the institution.
(c) The board shall analyze the data and other information
audited under Subsection (a) to evaluate and determine the
appropriate hiring needs for future faculty at institutions of
higher education.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.