Bill Text: TX HB3351 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to establishing the Texas Commission on Community College Finance.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-07 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3351 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3351-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Pacheco, Middleton, Campos, Cortez, | H.B. No. 3351 | ||
| Raney, et al. | |||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3351: | |||
| By: Turner of Tarrant | C.S.H.B. No. 3351 | ||
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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 and improve student outcomes in alignment with | ||
| state postsecondary goals. | ||
| (b) The commission is composed of 12 members as follows: | ||
| (1) four 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) One of the members appointed by the governor must be a | ||
| faculty member at a public junior college as defined by Section | ||
| 61.003, and the other 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 senate; and | ||
| (2) an administrator from a public junior college as | ||
| defined by Section 61.003. | ||
| (e) Members appointed by the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives shall consist of: | ||
| (1) two members of the house of representatives; and | ||
| (2) an administrator from a public junior college 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 October 15, | ||
| 2021, 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 | ||
| and based on its findings, make recommendations on: | ||
| (1) the components of state funding for public junior | ||
| colleges, including contact hour funding formulas established for | ||
| public junior colleges under Subchapter C, Chapter 61, and | ||
| Subchapter A of this chapter; and | ||
| (2) the feasibility of establishing shared service | ||
| agreements or interinstitutional collaborations through which | ||
| institutions of higher education may 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 September 1, 2021. | ||
