Bill Text: TX SB282 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to eliminating certain reporting, planning, student developmental, and other requirements imposed on the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board or public institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-05-24 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB282 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-SB282-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Zaffirini, West S.B. No. 282
(Branch)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eliminating certain reporting, planning, student
developmental, and other requirements imposed on the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board or public institutions of higher
education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (n), Section 51.3062, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(n) Each institution of higher education, except a medical
and dental unit, shall report annually to the board on the success
of its students and the effectiveness of its Success Initiative.
SECTION 2. The following provisions are repealed:
(1) Sections 61.086 and 61.9685, Education Code; and
(2) Section 2056.011, Government Code.
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, 2011.