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89(R) SB 1400 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
S.B. No. 1400
AN ACT
relating to a study on measurable outcomes for certain transfer
students for performance tier funding under the public junior
college state finance program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 130A, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130A.1012 to read as follows:
Sec.
130A.1012.
STUDY ON STUDENT TRANSFERS. (a)
In this
section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning
assigned by Section 61.003.
(b)
The coordinating board, in consultation with the
standing advisory committee established under Section 130.001,
shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility and the fiscal and
policy implications, including the fiscal impact to the state, of
revising the requirements for subsequent transfer to a general
academic teaching institution for purposes of performance tier
funding under Section 130A.101(c)(2)(A) to include students who
were previously enrolled at a general academic teaching
institution.
(c)
In conducting the study, the coordinating board shall
assess:
(1)
the types of postsecondary educational experience
and attainment that students have before enrolling in a public
junior college, including:
(A) the frequency of each type;
(B)
the kinds of services and how much of those
services students with each type require from the college; and
(C)
the associated measures of academic or
workforce success;
(2)
the fiscal impact of revising the requirements for
subsequent transfer to a general academic teaching institution for
purposes of performance tier funding under Section
130A.101(c)(2)(A) to include students who were previously enrolled
at a general academic teaching institution; and
(3)
any other factors or issues the coordinating board
or the standing advisory committee established under Section
130.001 determines relevant.
(d)
Not later than December 1, 2026, the coordinating board,
in consultation with the standing advisory committee established
under Section 130.001, shall submit to the legislature a report on
the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or
other action.
(e) This section expires September 1, 2027.
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, 2025.
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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1400 passed the Senate on
May 12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1400 passed the House on
May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 101, Nays 34, one
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor