Education Code § 51A.102

Sec. 51A.102. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER POLICY MAKERS. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume for the institution designed for use by legislators and other interested policy makers. (b) The resume must identify: (1) the institutional grouping to which the institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher education accountability system; and (2) the institution's in-state peer institutions. (c) For purposes of this section, information required to be included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state peer institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by coordinating board rule. (d) The resume must include the following information relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and compare that information to the same information for the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year for which the information is available by five years: (1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT": (A) the total number of students enrolled in the institution for course credit during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the resume; (B) the percentage of students enrolled in the institution who are enrolled in one or more developmental education courses; and (C) the percentage of students enrolled in the institution who are enrolled in one or more dual credit courses; (2) under the heading "COSTS": (A) the average annual total academic costs, which for a junior college must include those costs for an in-district and an out-of-district student, for a student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours toward a two-year degree or certificate: (i) at the institution; and (ii) at the institution's in-state peer institutions; (B) the percentage of students receiving student loans: (i) at the institution; and (ii) at the institution's in-state peer institutions; (C) the average annual amount of student loans received by a student: (i) at the institution; and (ii) at the institution's in-state peer institutions; (D) the percentage of students receiving federal or state grants: (i) at the institution; and (ii) at the institution's in-state peer institutions; and (E) the average annual amount of federal and state grants received by a student: (i) at the institution; and (ii) at the institution's in-state peer institutions; (3) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS": (A) the retention rate of first-time, full-time, credential-seeking entering undergraduate students: (i) enrolled in the institution after two academic years; and (ii) enrolled in the institution's in-state peer institutions after two academic years; (B) the percentage of undergraduate students requiring developmental education who, after three years from entering the institution, graduated from or are still enrolled in: (i) the institution; and (ii) the institution's in-state peer institutions; (C) the three-year, four-year, and six-year graduation rates of full-time credential-seeking students: (i) at the institution; and (ii) at the institution's in-state peer institutions; (D) the percentage of students who transferred to a general academic teaching institution or equivalent institution of higher education, as determined using the accountability system definition of a transfer student: (i) from the institution; and (ii) from the institution's in-state peer institutions; and (E) the percentage of graduates from the preceding academic year who, as of the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the resume, were either employed or enrolled in a general academic teaching institution or equivalent institution of higher education for: (i) the institution; and (ii) the institution's in-state peer institutions; and (4) under the heading "FUNDING": (A) the total amount of money appropriated by the legislature to the institution, including money appropriated for faculty and staff health coverage and retirement benefits, for that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget for that state fiscal year that the total amount of money appropriated by the legislature represents; (B) the total amount of money from any source available to the institution in that state fiscal year; (C) the total amount of federal funds from all federal sources, including grants and research funds, received by the institution in that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget for that state fiscal year that the total amount of federal funds represents; (D) the total academic costs charged to students by the institution in that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget for that state fiscal year that the total academic costs represent; and (E) the tax rate per $100 valuation of taxable property imposed by the junior college district, if the institution is a public junior college. (e) In addition to the information required by Subsection (d)(2), the resume must include under the heading "COSTS" the average annual amount and percentage by which the total academic costs charged to a student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours toward a two-year degree or certificate have increased in each of the five most recent state fiscal years for which the information is available: (1) at the institution; and (2) at the institution's in-state peer institutions. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 723 (S.B. 174), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 945 (H.B. 736), Sec. 7, eff. June 17, 2011.