Education Code § 51A.053

Sec. 51A.053. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume that is designed for use by prospective students of the institution, their parents, and other interested members of the public. A resume required for an institution under this section is not required to include information that the coordinating board considers to be substantially duplicative of information reported and available to the public through the Voluntary System of Accountability Program. (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) Except as otherwise provided by the coordinating board under Subsection (a), the resume must include the following information relating to the most recent state fiscal year for which the information is available: (1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT": (A) the total number of students enrolled in the institution during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the resume; (B) the percentage of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution for the first time during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the resume who are transfer students; and (C) a clearly identifiable link to the information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student ethnicity; (2) under the heading "DEGREES AWARDED": (A) the number of bachelor's degrees, number of master's degrees, number of doctoral degrees, and number of professional degrees awarded by the institution; and (B) a clearly identifiable link to the information described by Paragraph (A) disaggregated by student ethnicity; (3) under the heading "COSTS": (A) the average annual total academic costs for a resident undergraduate student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours at the institution; (B) clearly identifiable links to information regarding: (i) the rate or rates of tuition per semester credit hour charged by the institution; and (ii) any mandatory fees, as defined by the coordinating board, imposed by the institution; (C) the average cost of on-campus room and board per student; and (D) the average cost to a resident undergraduate student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours for total academic costs and on-campus room and board, excluding the cost of books, supplies, transportation, or other expenses; (4) under the heading "FINANCIAL AID": (A) the percentage of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution who receive need-based grants or scholarships; (B) the percentage of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution who receive need-based grants, scholarships, loans, or work-study funds; (C) the percentage of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution who receive student loans; (D) the average amount of an undergraduate student's need-based grant and scholarship package; (E) the average amount of an undergraduate student's need-based grant, scholarship, loan, and work-study package; and (F) the average amount of an undergraduate student's student loans; (5) under the heading "ADMISSIONS": (A) the middle 50 percent test score range of first-time undergraduate students at the institution whose Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) scores were in the 25th to 75th percentile of students' scores at that institution; (B) the middle 50 percent test score range of first-time undergraduate students at the institution whose American College Test (ACT) scores were in the 25th to 75th percentile of students' scores at that institution; and (C) the percentage of the students who applied for first-time undergraduate admission to the institution who were offered admission to the institution; (6) under the heading "INSTRUCTION": (A) the student/faculty ratio at the institution; (B) the percentage of organized undergraduate classes offered by the institution in which fewer than 20 students are enrolled; (C) the percentage of organized undergraduate classes offered by the institution in which more than 50 students are enrolled; and (D) the percentage of teaching faculty members of the institution who are tenured or tenure-track; (7) under the heading "BACCALAUREATE SUCCESS": (A) four-year, five-year, and six-year graduation rates for full-time bachelor's degree-seeking students at the institution, and links to that information disaggregated by student ethnicity; (B) the average number of fall and spring semesters of enrollment attempted by a student to obtain a bachelor's degree; and (C) the retention rate of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking entering undergraduate students enrolled in the institution after one academic year and after two academic years; (8) under the heading "FIRST-TIME LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION PASS RATES," the first-time licensure or certification examination pass rates in the fields of education, law, pharmacy, nursing, and engineering of students enrolled in the institution or who have graduated from the institution; and (9) 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 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; (C) 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 (D) the total amount of money from any source available to the institution in that state fiscal year. (d) In addition to the information required by Subsection (c)(3), the resume must include under the heading "COSTS" the average annual amount and percentage by which the total academic costs charged to a resident undergraduate student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours 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. 6, eff. June 17, 2011. SUBCHAPTER C. INSTITUTION RESUMES FOR LOWER-DIVISION INSTITUTIONS