From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary Accountability

This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CA Signed into law 09/2012 Postsec. From bill summary: Requires that an otherwise qualifying institution that becomes ineligible for initial and renewal Cal Grant awards due either to (1) a 3-year cohort default rate at or above 15.5% or (2) a graduation rate of 30% or less for students taking 150% or less of the expected time to complete degree requirements, must regain its eligibility for the academic year for which it satisfies these requirements. Page 16 of 48: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1028_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 1028 - Regaining Institutional Eligibility for Cal Grant Awards Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Vetoed 09/2012 Postsec. Primarily from bill summary: States legislative intent that budget and policy decisions regarding postsecondary education generally adhere to 3 specified goals: (1) Improve student access and success, in terms of greater participation by demographic groups that have historically participated at lower rates, greater completion rates by all students, and improved outcomes for graduates (2) Better align degrees and credentials with the state's economic, workforce, and civic needs (3) Ensure the effective and efficient use of resources in order to increase high-quality postsecondary educational outcomes and maintain affordability States legislative intent to (1) identify and define appropriate metrics in order to monitor progress toward the achievement of those 3 goals and (2) establish interim targets for those metrics to be achieved by 2025. Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to convene a working group to develop those metrics, and any recommended interim targets for those metrics. Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office, in consultation with the Department of Finance, to submit recommended metrics to specified persons and entities on or before January 31, 2013. States legislative intent to formally adopt statewide metrics following a review of those recommended metrics. Commencing September 30, 2013, requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to annually release a statewide performance report, using each of the statewide metrics adopted by the legislature. Commencing January 1, 2014, requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to annually provide its own assessment of progress toward the achievement of those 3 goals, with recommendations for legislative action, as appropriate. Requires the segments of postsecondary education to have the opportunity to annually provide their own assessments. States additional legislative intent and makes specified findings and declarations regarding state goals for postsecondary education. Bill text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0701-0750/sb_721_bill_20120831_enrolled.pdf Governor's veto message: http://gov.ca.gov/docs/SB_721_Veto_Message.pdf Title: S.B. 721 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2012 Postsec. Ror each Cal Grant participating institution, requires the Student Aid Commission to provide in a searchable database on its website (1) enrollment, persistence, and graduation data for all undergraduate students, including aggregate information on Cal Grant recipients, and (2) the job placement rate and salary and wage information for each undergraduate program that is either designed or advertised to lead to a particular type of job or advertised or promoted with a claim regarding job placement. Requires Student Aid Commission to also provide on its website other information and links that are useful to students and parents who are in the process of selecting a college or university, including, but not limited to, local occupational profiles available through the Employment Development Department's Labor Market Information Data Library. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1101-1150/sb_1103_bill_20120907_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 1103 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 06/2012 Postsec. From section 46 of bill summary: Existing provisions provide that, effective with the 2012-13 academic year, for students at the institution to be eligible for initial and renewal Cal Grant awards, the institution's 3-year cohort default rate must be below 30%.New provisions decrease that 3-year cohort default rate threshold to 15.5%. Effective the 2012–13 academic year, makes an otherwise qualifying institution ineligible for an initial or renewal Cal Grant award at the institution if the institution has a graduation rate of 30% or less for students taking 150% or less of the expected time to complete degree requirements, with certain exceptions. Also requires the student aid commission to annually certify by October 1 the institution's latest graduation rate as reported by the U.S. Department of Education. Requires the commission to provide specified notifications and information to initial and renewal Cal Grant recipients seeking to attend, or attending, an institution that is ineligible for initial and renewal Cal Grant awards under these provisions. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_1001-1050/sb_1016_bill_20120627_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 1016 - Cal Grant Institutional Eligibility + Cohort Default Rates and On-Time Completion Rates Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CT Signed into law 06/2012 Postsec. Directs each institution of higher education to submit specified information to the Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education on or before October 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, on each student enrolled at the institution who received financial assistance for the previous academic year from the Connecticut independent student grant program, the Connecticut aid to public college students grant program, or the capitol scholarship grant program. Prohibits any institution from participating in those programs if it fails to report the specified information. Directs The Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education to report on the information collected. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/PA/2012PA-00094-R00SB-00043-PA.htm Title: S.B. 43 Source: cga.ct.gov FL Vetoed 04/2012 Postsec. Provides these provisions may be cited as the "State Universities of Academic and Research Excellence and National Preeminence Act." Establishes a collaborative partnership between the Board of Governors of the State University System and the Legislature to elevate the academic and research excellence and national preeminence of the highest-performing state research universities. Beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year, authorizes a state research university that has substantially met at least 11 of 14 academic and research excellence standards to establish student tuition and fees at differentiated and market rates. Provides certain conditions for implementing tuition and fee increases. Provides that a qualified beneficiary with a prepaid advance payment contract in effect prior to the first year a state university receives tuition and fee authority is exempt from the payment of any increase to tuition and fees assessed through these provisions. Provides a qualified beneficiary with a prepaid advance payment contract that is entered into the first year a state university receives tuition and fee authority through these provisions, or thereafter, is liable for the difference between the highest rate of tuition and fees covered by the advance payment contract and the tuition and fees assessed through these provisions. Specifies requirements relating to debt service obligations. Establishes procedures to obtain certain budget authorization for the 2012-2013 fiscal year. Establishes procedures for institutional legislative budget requests for certain tuition and fee increases. Authorizes state universities of national preeminence to require its incoming first-time-in college students to take a 9-to-12-credit set of courses determined by the university. Encourages the Board of Governors to identify and grant additional authority and flexibilities to achieve state university and State University System goals, and recommend to the legislature flexibilities to improve the national rankings of programs of excellence. Requires the Board of Governors to oversee implementation of these provisions. Bill text: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7129er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7129&Session=2012 Final bill analysis: http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h7129z1.EDC.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=7129&Session=2012 Governor's veto message: http://www.flgov.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/4.27.12-HB-7129-Veto-Letter.pdf Title: H.B. 7129 Source: myfloridahouse.gov FL Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Directs the state board to identify enrollment and graduation expectations by baccalaureate degree program, and requires this and other tasks to be annually submitted to the legislature as part of the board's legislative budget request. Directs the board of governors to require universities to provide students with electronic access to the top 25% and bottom 10% of degrees reported by the university in terms of full-time job placement and highest average annualized earnings in the year after degree completion. Requires the state board's strategic plan for the Florida College System to clarify the mission statements for each Florida College System institution and the system as a whole. Requires degree programs specified in the plan to be in accordance with the coordinated 5-year plan. Requires strategic plans to consider reports and recommendations of the higher education coordinating council and the articulation coordinating committee. Requires state board procedures for trustees' evaluation of Florida College System presidents to include the extent to which presidents serve both institutional and system goals. Requires state board criteria for modifying district boundary lines for Florida College System institutions to include criteria for service delivery areas of Florida College System institutions authorized to grant baccalaureate degrees. Directs the state board, by July 1, 2013, to identify performance metrics for the Florida College System and develop a plan that specifies goals and objectives for each system institution. Requires the plan to include performance metrics and standards, both for the system and for each institution depending on institutional core mission, and student enrollment and performance data delineated by method of instruction, including traditional, online, and distance learning. Permits the commissioner of education or designee to review or investigate any Florida College System institution's practices, procedures, or actions that appear to be inconsistent with sound financial, management, or academic practice. Provides additional requirements for the board of governors' strategic plan specifying goals and objectives for the state university system and each university and its accountability plan. Permits the board of governors to consider waiving its regulations and waive or modify the tuition differential use requirements. Permits the board of governors to request authority from the legislature to waive or modify specific statutory requirements in order to reduce barriers and support the attainment of goals identified in institutional plans, as necessary for advancing system priorities and unique institutional priorities. Requires such flexibilities authorized or requested by the board of governors to be included in its accountability plan. Requires the board of governors to implement a plan for working on a regular basis with the higher education coordinating council and the articulation coordinating committee. Authorizes the board of governors to revoke or modify the scope of any power or duty it has delegated. Amends reporting requirement for the higher education coordinating council. Directs the commission for independent education to collect, and all institutions licensed by the commission to report, student-level data for each student who receives state funds. At a minimum, requires data to be reported annually and include retention rates, transfer rates, completion rates, graduation rates, employment and placement rates, and earnings of graduates. http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7135er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7135&Session=2012 Title: H.B. 7135 - Postsecondary Planning and Performance Source: myfloridahouse.gov IL Adopted 04/2012 Postsec. Guides the reviews of private colleges' and universities' (a) applications to establish new colleges and universities in the state and (b) applications for new degree programs, including out-of-state public, out-of-state private, and in-state private institutions. Private colleges and universities that were established in some cases prior to 1945 or 1961 are exempt from submitting proposals unless they want to offer a previously authorized degree program in a region other than the region where their home campus is located. From Illinois Register: The adopted amendments are based around 4 themes: (1) tightening requirements prior to approval through use of more specific definitions; (2) increasing transparency and accountability through new specific requirements related to consumer information disclosure and essential data elements; (3) tightening and publicizing the post-approval review process by using automatic triggers for review driven by data, complaints, and public disclosures such as adverse actions by accrediting bodies and federal and state authorities; and (4) administrative procedural changes. Pages 455-495 of 716: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue17.pdf Title: 23 IL ADC 1030.10, 20, 30, 60, 70, 90 Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com IL Adopted 04/2012 Postsec. This rule guides the reviews of (a) applications for new degree programs at public universities and community colleges and (b) proposals from public universities to establish new research and public service centers. This rule also requires the institutional review of all degree programs within a cycle of eight years and submission to the Board of Higher Education of a summary of each review. The reviews should lead to continuation of strong programs, corrective measures to address problem areas, and suspension or elimination of less effective programs. From Illinois Register: The proposed amendments are based around 4 themes: (1) tightening requirements prior to approval through use of more specific definitions; (2) increasing transparency and accountability through new specific requirements related to consumer information disclosure and essential data elements; (3) tightening and publicizing the post-approval review process by using automatic triggers for review driven by data, complaints, and public disclosures such as adverse actions of accrediting bodies and federal and state authorities; and (4) administrative procedural changes. Pages 496-514 of 716: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume36_issue17.pdf Title: 23 IL ADC 1050.10, 20, 30 Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com VA Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Requires public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education to publish data on the proportion of graduates with employment at 18 months and five years after the date of graduation. The data shall include the major and degree program, percentage of employment in the Commonwealth, average salary, and average higher education-related debt of graduates. The provisions of this bill will expire on June 30, 2017. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?121+ful+HB639ER+pdf Title: H.B. 639 Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/ OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Postsec. Defines "education entity" as a school district, an education service district, a community college district or community college service district, the Oregon University System or public university thereof, and the health professions and graduate science programs of the Oregon Health and Science University. Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, directs the governing body of each education entity to enter into an achievement compact with Oregon Education Investment Board for the fiscal year. Directs the board to establish the terms for achievement compacts, but specifies terms that achievement compacts may include. Requires the governing body of each education entity to identify a target number and percentage of students for achievement of the outcomes (both aggregate and by student subgroup), measures of progress and goals specified in the achievement compact for the fiscal year. Permits the board to adopt a timeline and method for governing boards of education entities at the end of the fiscal year to report achievements made. Provides certain waivers for purposes of entering into achievement compacts. Requires each school district and education service district to form an achievement compact advisory committee to develop an achievement compact and ensure the achievement compact is implemented. Establishes membership and duties of achievement compact advisory committees. Permits state associations representing educators, administrators and school districts and education service district board members to develop and recommend to the Oregon Education Investment Board (1) collaborative models and resources, including professional development opportunities, that may be used by districts and achievement compact advisory committees for the achievement of student success, and (2) processes for collaboration in the development of achievement compacts for their institutions, including professional development opportunities, for the achievement of student success. Repeals these provisions effective July 1, 2015. Directs the Oregon Education Investment Board to work with the Quality Education Commission to identify best practices for school districts and the costs and benefits of the adoption of those best practices by school districts. http://www.leg.state.or.us/12reg/measpdf/sb1500.dir/sb1581.en.pdf Title: S.B. 1581 Source: leg.state.or.us IL Signed into law 08/2011 Postsec. Directs the board of higher education to include in a specified annual report to the governor and general assembly information on each public institution's admission, retention and graduation statistics of all students who are the first in their immediate family to attend an institution of higher education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0588.pdf Title: S.B. 122 Source: www.ilga.gov OR Signed into law 07/2011 Postsec. Creates Task Force on Higher Education Student and Institutional Success and specifies membership. Directs task force to study and prepare report on best practices, methods and funding options to promote student and institutional success and submit, to interim legislative committees related to higher education, initial report no later than December 1, 2011, and final report no later than October 15, 2012. Sunsets task force on date of convening of 2013 regular session of Legislative Assembly. Declares emergency, effective on passage. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measpdf/hb3400.dir/hb3418.en.pdf Title: H.B. 3418 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us CT Signed into law 07/2011 Postsec. Existing law creates the Blue Ribbon Commission to develop and implement a strategic master plan for higher education in the state. Renames the commission the Planning Commission for Higher Education. Repeals the existing parameters for the master plan to be developed by the commission, and instead calls for the master plan to (1) establish numerical goals for 2015 and 2020 to increase the number of people earning a bachelor degree, associate degree or certificate, (2) increase the number of people successfully completing coursework at the community college level and the number of people entering the state's workforce and (3) eliminate the postsecondary completion gap. Requires that the master plan identify specific strategies to achieve such goals. Also requires that the master plan recommend changes to funding policies, practices and accountability to (1) align policies and practices with specified goals for the state's higher education system, including an evaluation of the use of performance-based funding and (2) consider how institutions might publicly report on expenditures, staffing and state support in a transparent and thorough manner. Repeals the requirement that the commission report biennially to the governor and general assembly on progress toward benchmarks identified in the strategic plan. Instead requires that the commission submit a preliminary report by January 2012 on the development of the strategic master plan, and submit a master plan by October 2012. Replaces biennial reporting requirements to governor and relevant legislative committees with annual reporting requirements. Specifies that the commission may periodically suggest changes to the goals as necessary. Rescinds language terminating the commission in January 2021. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/Pa/pdf/2011PA-00070-R00SB-00858-PA.pdf Title: S.B. 858 - Postsecondary Provisions Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov LA Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Requires audits of information submitted by such Board of Regents institutions as indication of achievement of performance objectives under the LA GRAD Act; addressesto provide the timing and costs of such audits. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=760744 Title: H.B. 560 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us LA Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Revises the Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act (LA GRAD Act) to provide for additional operational autonomies to be granted to public postsecondary education institutions, including but not limited to authority and exemptions relative to budgetary management, capital outlay and procurement. Addresses required reporting by public institutions and certain cost data to be included, renewal periods of institutions' performance agreements by the Board of Regents, and achievement of certain standards for retention of first-year students. Requires the Board of Regents to report on the standardization of student tracking and records systems and the performance of institutions. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=761954 Title: H.B. 549 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us FL Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Establishes the Higher Education Coordinating Council and directs the council to make recommendations on: (1) The primary core mission of public and nonpublic postsecondary education institutions in the context of state access demands and economic development goals; (2) Performance outputs and outcomes designed to meet annual and long-term state goals, including, but not limited to, increased student access, preparedness, retention, transfer, and completion; (3) The state's articulation policies and practices to ensure that cost benefits to the state are maximized without jeopardizing quality; and (4) A plan for workforce development education. Directs the Commissioner of Education, in consultation with the Chancellor of the State University System, to establish the Articulation Coordinating Committee which will make recommendations related to statewide articulation policies to the Higher Education Coordination Council, the State Board of Education, and the Board of Governors. Details the duties of the committee. Requires Department of Education to utilize student performance data in subsequent coursework to determine appropriate Advanced Placement, Advanced International Certificate of Education examination, and International Baccalaureate examination scores for the receipt of college credit. Repeals the exemption from the state university system summer term enrollment requirement for students who have earned 9 or more credits through acceleration mechanisms. Requires the State Board of Education to specify by rule provisions for alternative remediation opportunities and retesting policies. Provides access to postsecondary education for individuals with intellectual disabilities, by allowing for reasonable substitution for admission and graduation requirements. Repeals the Florida Business and Education Collaborative and the University Concurrency Trust Fund. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7151er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7151&Session=2011 Title: H.B. 7151 Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Defines "degree plan" as a statement of the course requirements that an undergraduate must complete to be awarded an associate or bachelor's degree from the institution. Requires each student in an associate or bachelor's degree program at an institute of higher education to file a degree plan with the institution by the end of the second regular semester following the semester in which the student completed 45 or more credit hours, including transfer courses, International Baccalaureate, dual credit or any other course for which the student has earned college credit. Requires a student starting at an institution with 45 or more credit hours to file a degree plan by the end of the student's second regular semester at the institution. Requires institutions to provide students with information on the degree plan filing requirement, including the option for consulting with an academic advisor. Requires students to provide notification to the institution when enrolling in subsequent semesters that the student has filed a degree plan, and that the courses for which the student is registering are consistent with that degree plan. Requires student notification if a student does not file a degree plan. Provides a student may not obtain an official transcript until the student has filed a degree plan wtih the institution. Pages 1-3: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB03025F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 3025 - Degree Plan Source: www.capitol.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Requires that each general academic teaching institution make public on the institution's Web site the following information: (1) the student/faculty ratio; (2) the percentage of all full-time equivalent faculty members with teaching responsibility who are tenured or tenure track; (3) the percentage of semester credit hours taken by freshmen or sophomores that are taught by tenured and tenure track faculty members; (4) the number of faculty members in each of six faculty ranks (from professor to teaching assistant), with a breakdown for each rank of the numbers of faculty members by race, ethnicity and gender; (5) average faculty salaries by rank; (6) the amount of money appropriated by the legislature per full-time equivalent faculty member and full-time equivalent student; (7) the total revenue the institution spent per full-time equivalent faculty member and full-time equivalent student; (8) the amount of federal and private research expenditures per tenured or tenure track full-time equivalent faculty member; (9) the number and percentage of faculty members holding extramural research grants; (10) the number and names of awards to faculty members from nationally recognized entities, including those identified by The Center for Measuring University Performance; and (11) the number of endowed professorships or chairs. Requires that each institution update the information for the preceding fiscal or academic year by December 31 each year. Authorizes the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to adopt rules necessary to administer these provisions, including rules to ensure the consistency of information made available. Pages 1-3 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 736 - Internet Access to Faculty Information for General Academic Teaching Institutions Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Amends provisions of 51A.002, "Powers and Duties of Coordinating Board Relating to Institution Resumes; General Requirements for Institution Resumes" and 51A.003, "Duties of Institutions of Higher Education Relating to Institution Resumes". Existing legislation provides for the posting of institution of higher educations' online resumes on the coordinating board of higher education's Web site. New provision specifies that institutions' online resumes appear on the first frame of the coordinating board's home page, in a font that is larger than the font of the majority of the text on the home page. Requires that the data on student loans, grants or scholarships included on an institution's resume be the same as that published for the institution by the U.S. Department of Education on its "College Navigator" website, or a successor or related Web site maintained by the U.S. Department of Education. Requires that the link to an institution's online resume be on the first frame of the institution's home page, and in a font that is larger than the font of the majority of the text on the home page. Permits an institution to meet institution resume requirements regarding student loan, grant or scholarship information by linking the institution's online resume to that information as it appears on the "College Navigator" Web site or a successor or related Web site, maintained by the National Center for Education Statistics of the U.S. Department of Education. Pages 3-5 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Institutions of Higher Education Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Amends provisions of 51A.052, "Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers"--these resumes differ from those established by 51A.002 through .004 and from 51A.102, "Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers". Requires that the "enrollment" section of these resumes include 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. Requires that the "costs" section include information about the percentage of undergraduate students (both at the institution and at in-state and out-of-state peer institutions) receiving student loans, the average annual amount of an undergraduate student's student loans, the percentage of undergraduate students receiving federal or state grants, and the average annual amount of federal and state grants received by an undergraduate student. Requires that the "student success" section report five-year graduation rates. Under the "funding" section, specifies that information on the total amount of money appropriated by the legislature to the institution be 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. Requires that the "funding" section also report (1) the total amount of federal funds received by the institution from all federal sources, including grants and research funds, and (2) the total academic costs the institution charged to students in that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget that the total amount of federal funds and academic costs represents. Also requires that the "costs" section include the average annual amount and percentage by which the total academic costs charged to a resident undergraduate enrolled in 30 semester credit hours have increased in each of the five most recent state fiscal years for which the information is available, both at the institution and at peer in-state and out-of-state institutions. Pages 5-9 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policymakers (51A.052) Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Amends provisions of 51A.053, "Institution Resume for Prospective Students, Parents, and Members of the Public". Requires that, under the "Enrollment" heading, the resume include 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. Deletes from "Costs" section of the resume requirement to report on the amount and percentage by which the institution has increased tuition for a degree program or course level during the state fiscal year covered by the resume. Under "Financial Aid" heading requires reporting on the percentage of undergraduates enrolled in the institution who receive student loans, and the average amount of an undergraduate's student loans. Under "Baccalaureate Success" requires reporting on 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. Creates new "Funding" heading. Requires reporting under this heading on (1) the total legislative appropriation to the institution, including money appropriated for faculty/staff health coverage and retirement benefits, for that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget for that fiscal year that the total legislative appropriation represents; (2) the total amount of federal funds from all federal sources, including grants and research funds, received by the institution in that fiscal year and the percentage of the institution's operating budget for that fiscal year that the total amount of federal funds represents; (3) the total academic costs charged to students by the institution in that fiscal year and the percentage of the institution's operating budget for that fiscal year that the total academic costs represent; and (4) the total amount of money from any source available to the institution in that state fiscal year. Also requires under the "Costs" heading reporting on 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 5 most recent state fiscal years, both at the institution and at the institution's in-state peer institutions. Pages 9-13 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Prospective Students, Parents and Members of the Public Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Amends provisions of 51A.102, "Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers", which differs from 51A.052, "Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers" also amended by this act. Requires under the heading "Enrollment" reporting on the percentage of students at the institution who are enrolled in one or more developmental education courses, and percentage of students at the institution enrolled in one or more dual credit courses. Under the heading "Costs", requires reporting (both at the institution and the institution's in-state peer institutions): on the percentage of students receiving loans; the average amount of loans received by a student; the percentage of students receiving federal or state grants; and the average annual amount of federal and state grants received by a student. Under the heading "Funding" requires reporting on (1) the total amount of legislative appropriation for that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget for that state fiscal year that the total legislative appriopriation represents; (2) 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; (3) 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. Also requires under the "Costs" heading reporting on 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 5 most recent state fiscal years, both at the institution and at the institution's in-state peer institutions. Pages 13-17 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 736 - Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers (51A.102) Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Directs the Texas Workforce Commission and the higher education coordinating board to jointly develop a comprehensive strategy to improve and coordinate the dissemination of online information regarding the operation and performance of career schools or colleges operating in the state. Requires such information to be organized as nearly as possible to information required for the online resumes for lower-division public institutions under Section 51A.103 (http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51A.htm#51A.103). Requires that the information, to the extent practicable, be consistent across schools and institutions, and easily accessible and readily understandable to the public. Pages 17-18 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 736 - Online Information Regarding Certain Career Educational Entities Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Directs the higher education coordinating board to make available on its Web site a search tool allowing for comparisons of general academic teaching institutions that meet certain criteria selected by the user, including offering a particular major or program of study. Requires that the page displaying the comparison chart have a link to the Texas Workforce Commission Web site. Requires that the comparison tool be posted to the board's Web site by February 2013. Pages 18-19 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/HB00736F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: H.B. 736 - Comparison Tool Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. Provides for the expiration of specified reporting requirements applicable to institutions of higher education and university systems. Provides that a rule or policy of a state agency, including the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in effect on June 1, 2011, that requires reporting by a university system or an institution of higher education has no effect on or after September 1, 2013, unless the rule or policy is affirmatively and formally readopted before that date by formal administrative rule. Provides exceptions. Pages 23-25 and 35-37 of 38: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/82R/billtext/pdf/SB00005F.pdf#navpanes=0 Title: S.B. 5 - Postsecondary Reporting Requirements Source: www.legis.state.tx.us LA Adopted 06/2011 Postsec. Urges and requests the Board of Regents to study the provision of public postsecondary educational opportunities, to establish the appropriate role, scope, and mission of each public postsecondary education institution, and to formulate a plan that will make optimal use of all available academic, fiscal, and physical resources, recognize the unique nature of each institution, and allow each institution's students to successfully and efficiently pursue their chosen academic path and to submit findings and conclusions to the education committees not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2012 session. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=753824 Title: H.C.R. 30 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us LA Adopted 06/2011 Postsec. Urges and requests the Board of Regents, the Department of Revenue, and the Louisiana Workforce Commission to report and share information and data, including the success of Louisiana's postsecondary graduates in the workforce, and to submit a report of further progress and recommendations for related legislation to the education committees not later than sixty days prior to the beginning of the 2012 session. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=753817 Title: H.C.R. 66 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us NV To governor 06/2011 Postsec. Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada, in fixing tuituon charges and assessing registration fees and other fees, to adjust the amount of the tuition charges and registration and other fees based on the demand for or the costs of providing the academic program or major for which the tuition charges are fixed or the registration fees are assessed; requiring the Board of Regents to establish a program authorizing scholarships and reduced fees for students who are economically disadvantaged under certain circumstances; requiring the Board of Regents to make reports to the Legislature which identify the demand for and the costs of each academic program and major and includes a schedule of all tuition charges, registration fees and other fees assessed for each academic program and major; requiring the Director of the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation to provide certain information on employment and wages to the Board of Regents for purposes of the report made by the Board of Regents. Title: S.B. 449 Source: Westlaw/StateNet LA Adopted 06/2011 Postsec. Urges the Louisiana Board of Regents to aggressively and fully implement its previously established admission standards, those standards the board set for implementation in 2012 and 2014, and additional admission standards as warranted; that the board continue to ensure that developmental education and associate degree programs be delivered by the two-year institutions unless there is a lack of capacity in a region to do so. Requests that the board include in its Master Plan the concepts outlined in the Resolution, and that the board track the data requested by the legislature. The Master Plan will outline the long-term goals for institutions through 2025 and focus more on student succes than access, including increasing completion rates. The resolution also mentions the need for postsecondary education to play a role in advancing the workforce and economic development needs of Louisiana. The Board of Regents is required to submit a written report of its progress to the legislature not later than March 1, 2012. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=758634 Title: H.C.R. 121 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us WA Partial veto 05/2011 Postsec. Establishes the Higher Education Opportunity Act to: (1) ensure tuition dollars are spent to improve student access, affordability and the quality of education; (2) establish a clear nexus between tuition dollars and improved productivity and greater accountability of public higher education institutions; (3) create a modern and robust higher education financial system that funds outcomes and results rather than input and process; (4) continues commitment to public funding of higher education through state appropriations that are essential for providing access, affordability and quality in higher education for all students across the state; and (5) set goals for four-year institutions of higher education to increase the number of students who earn baccalaureate degrees and achieve certain bachelor degree completion targets by 2018. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1795-S2.PL.pdf Title: H.B. 1795 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov TX Adopted 05/2011 Postsec. Defines terms, including "doctoral graduation rate", "graduate placement" and "master's graduation rate". Provides that if the minimum number of credit hours required to complete a bachelor degree program exceeds 120, the institution must provide a compelling academic reason. Provides the higher education coordinating board will review the documentation provided and make a determination to approve or deny a request to exceed the 120-hour limit. Requires each public university and health-related institution to review all doctoral and master's programs at least once every 7 years. Provides processes and criteria for such reviews. Provides that the criteria by which master's and doctoral programs will be evaluated include student graduation rate, and that graduate placement (i.e., employment or further education/training) is one of the criteria for evaluating master's programs. Sections 5.43 and 5.44 adopted as published in the February 11, 2011 Texas Register (page 5 of 68): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0211/0211prop.pdf. Section 5.52 adopted as published in the May 20, 2011 Texas Register (pages 7-9 of 21): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0520/0520adop.pdf Title: 19 TAC 5.43, 44, 52 Source: CO Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Directs the commission on higher education to design a master plan that achieves the following goals: increasing the overall number of degrees and certificates awarded in a year by 30% in a decade to provide support for economic development; renegotiating performance contracts with individual postsecondary institutions; and creating a performance-based funding plan that will make 25% of institutional funding based on student success metrics. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2011a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/63B087D7A1DC83D687257801006051AC?Open&file=052_enr.pdf Title: S.B. 52 Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us NV Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. AN ACT relating to the Nevada System of Higher Education; encouraging the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to examine, audit and revise certain aspects of the System to ensure the educational needs of students and prospective students will be met in an economical and efficient manner; and providing other matters properly relating thereto. Chapter 44 http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB220_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 220 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us IN Vetoed 05/2011 Postsec. Modifies the manner in which alumni members of the Indiana University board of trustees are elected. Requires all of the members of the board of trustees for Indiana University to be citizens of the United States. Requires a majority of the members of the board of trustees for Indiana University to be residents of Indiana. Allows the board of trustees to hold meetings at the dates, times, and places the board of trustees agrees upon. Repeals a provision concerning emergency appointments to the board of trustees of Indiana University. Requires a majority of the members of the board of trustees of Ball State University to be residents of Indiana. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HE/HE1177.1.html Title: H.B. 1177 Source: http://www.in.gov WV Signed into law 05/2011 Postsec. Authorizes the Higher Education Policy Commission to collect and disseminate information concerning higher education institutions. Requires each institution to annually provide the commission, as requested, all information the commission or council considers necessary to assess the performance of the institution and to determine whether the institution continues to meet the minimum standards for conferring degrees. This information includes, but is not limited to:(1) Consumer information the commission or council considers necessary, including, but not limited to, graduation and retention rates, transfers, post-graduation placements, loan defaults and numbers and types of student complaints; (2) A detailed explanation of financial operations including, but not limited to, policies, formulas and procedures related to calculation, payment and refund for all tuition and fees; and (3) An assessment of the adequacy of the institution's curriculum, personnel, facilities, materials and equipment to meet the minimum standards for conferring degrees. Permits the commission to revoke an institution's authority to confer degrees when the institution's governing body, chief executive officer, or both, have done any one or more of the following: (1) Failed to maintain the minimum standards for conferring degrees; (2) Refused or willfully failed to provide information to the commission or council pursuant to this subsection in a manner and within a reasonable time frame as established by the commission or council, as appropriate; or (3) Willfully provided false, misleading or incomplete information to the commission or council. Requires the commission to compile the information collected and report on the information to the Legislature annually beginning December 1, 2012. Requires the report to be made available to the public. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb375%20ENR.htm&yr=2011&sesstype=RS&i=375 Title: S.B. 375 Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Requires state-supported institutions of higher education to present expenditure data on a Web site operated by the institution. The website must be updated annually and retain data for each fiscal years for 10 years, starting with 2013 fiscal year. "Expenditure data" means information regarding the spending of public funds that adequately identifies the purpose, amount, payor, and vendor, if such disclosure is permissible under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act and federal laws or regulations. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1017.pdf Title: H.B. 1017 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us AR Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Community College Clarifies what information specific to higher education-related reports should contain, including information on affirmitive action programs. Additionally, reports must state: (A) The amount of institutional revenue spent on remediation; (B) The total general revenue subsidy spent on remediation; (C) The total institutional expenditure for remediation; and (D) The general revenue percentage of total expenditures for remediation. . Requires some higher education related reports to be updated annually. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act696.pdf Title: H.B. 1454 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us CA Signed into law 03/2011 Postsec. Makes amendments to the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards programs. From bill summary: --Provides that the maximum household income and asset levels applicable to a renewing applicant are the greater of the adjusted household income and asset levels or the maximum household income and asset levels at the time of the renewing recipient's initial Cal Grant award. --Imposes additional requirements on qualifying institutions, requiring the state postsecondary education commission to certify by October 1 of each year the institution's latest 3-year cohort default rate as most recently reported by the U.S. Department of Education. Provides that an otherwise qualifying institution with a 3-year cohort default rate at or greater than specified percentages is ineligible for initial or renewal Cal Grant awards at the institution. --Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to submit a report to the legislature by January 1, 2013, on the implementation of the 3-year cohort default rate provisions of the act. --Specifies that financial need, for the purposes of the act, is determined to establish both an applicant's initial eligibility for a Cal Grant award and a renewing applicant's continued eligibility using federal financial need methodology, as prescribed. --Also requires participating institutions, beginning in 2012, as a condition for participation in the Cal Grant program, to annually report to the commission for its undergraduate programs: (1) enrollment, persistence and graduation data for all students, and (2) job placement rate and salary and wage information for each program that is either (a) designed or advertised to lead to a particular type of job; or (b) advertised or promoted with any claim regarding job placement. Clarifies that Cal Grant awards may be renewed as long as minimum financial need as re-defined in statute continues to exist. Pages 46-52 of 81: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_70_bill_20110324_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 70 - Sec. 69432.7, 69432.9, 69433.2, 69433.6 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov FL Signed into law 07/2010 Postsec. Repeals 1006.67, which required each postsecondary institution to submit an annual report of campus crime statistics to the department of education. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h7037er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=7037&Session=2010 Title: HB 7037 - Sec 31 Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov LA Signed into law 06/2010 Postsec. Community College Louisiana Granting Resources and Autonomy for Diplomas Act; provides for performance agreements between the Board of Regents and public postsecondary institutions; provides for autonomies, including setting tuition rates, granted to institutions that enter into such agreements; to require specified performance objectives to be met as part of such agreements; to provide for monitoring and reporting by the Board of Regents; The standards are related to student success, articulation and transfer policies, and workforce and economic development. The fourth objective – efficiency and accountability – requires four-year institutions that enter into the agreements to eliminate remedial education courses unless such programs cannot be offered at a community college in the same geographic area. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=722570 Title: H.B. 1171 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ TX Adopted 05/2010 Postsec. Establishes new sections 4.285 - 4.293, which establish procedures for annual review of the number of graduates produced by degree programs at institutions of higher education to determine which are low-producing degree programs, and provides remedies for those programs that meet the definition of low-producing. Sections 4.285, 4.286 and 4.292 are adopted as published in the January 8, 2010 issue of the Texas Register (pp 26-27 of 52): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0108/0108prop.pdf Sections 4.287-4.291 are adopted as published in the May 21 issue of the Texas Register (pp 5-6 of 46): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0521/0521adop.pdf Title: 19 TAC 4.285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293 Source: www.sos.state.tx.us WI Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Prohibits a person that holds itself out to the public in any way as a legitimate institution of higher education from using the term "college" or "university" in its name unless the person provides an educational program for which it awards an associate or higher degree and the person is accredited. "Person" means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, or limited liability company, or any combination of these. "Grandfathers" the use of the term "college" or "university" in the name of any entity listed below that was doing business in Wisconsin prior to the effective date of the bill: 1. Schools of a parochial or denominational character offering courses having a sectarian objective. 2. Schools primarily offering instruction avocational or recreational in nature and not leading to a vocational objective. 3. Courses conducted by employers exclusively for their employees. 4. Schools, courses of instruction, and training programs that are approved or licensed and supervised by other state agencies and boards. 5. Schools approved by the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) for the training of teachers. Exempts certain institutions from needing EAB approval to operate in Wisconsin: 1. In-state schools that are exempt from taxation under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code and that either were incorporated in this state prior to January 1, 1992, or had their administrative headquarters and principal places of business in this state prior to 1970 (i.e., accredited private colleges and universities). 2. Schools that are supported mainly by taxes (i.e., the University of Wisconsin (UW) System and the Wisconsin Technical College System (WTCS)). 3. Schools of a parochial or denominational character offering courses having a sectarian objective. 4. Schools primarily offering instruction avocational or recreational in nature and not leading to a vocational objective. 5. Courses conducted by employers exclusively for their employees. 6. Schools, courses of instruction, and training programs that are approved or licensed and supervised by other state agencies and boards. 7. Schools approved by DPI for the training of teachers. 8. Schools accredited by accrediting agencies recognized by the board. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/SB-431.pdf Title: S.B. 431 Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Authorizes the Minnesota Office of Higher Education to match individual student data from the student record enrollment database with individual student financial aid data collected and maintained by the office in order to audit or evaluate federal or state supported education programs as permitted by U.S. Code and Code of Federal Regulations. The office may not release data that personally identifies parents or students other than to employees and contractors of the office. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MN Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Community College Provides that institutions are eligible to participate in state student aid programs if the institution is: •  operated by the state (MnSCU) or the Board of Regents (U of M); •  privately operated and has academic standards comparable to Minnesota institutions, is licensed or regulated by OHE, participates in federal financial aid programs by July 1, 2010, or has participated in state financial aid programs and requires signed disclosure forms from each enrolled student recognizing it does not participate in federal aid programs; or •  offers only graduate programs or programs too short for federal financial aid and the institution is registered or licensed by OHE. A private institution that does not participate in the federal Pell program must participate within three years of an ownership change to continue as an eligible institution, subject to an appeal for a single one-year extension. Any institution that loses eligibility for the federal Pell program is not an eligible institution for state grants. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0184.3.html&session=ls86 Title: S.F. 184 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ AZ Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Relates to postsecondary institutions and course numbering; requires community college districts and the universities under the jurisdiction of the state board of regents to develop and implement a shared numbering system which identifies courses that transfer from community colleges to state public universities toward a baccalaureate degree. Chapter 242 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1040h.pdf Title: S.B. 1186 Source: http://www.azleg.gov AZ Signed into law 04/2010 Postsec. Requires the universities under the Arizona board of regents to publish and disclose the following information related to each merit based scholarship awarded to students from public, private, charter, and home schools by each university for the prior academic year: Disclosed information must include: (1) Total number and dollar amount of awards and total number of applicants; (2) total number and dollar amount of awards and total number of applicants by type of student; (3) the specific criteria used to award such each scholarship, including average and range of SAT and ACT scores; and (4) the number of newly awarded scholarships and the number of renewed scholarships. Requires the universities under the Arizona board of regents to notify Arizona students of scholarship awards in a timely manner without regard to whether the students are from public, private, charter or home schools. Chapter 167 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/sb1280s.pdf Title: S.B. 1280 Source: http://www.azleg.gov TN Signed into law 01/2010 Postsec. Community College Enacts the Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010. Revises previously established provisions to require the Tennessee higher education commission (THEC) to construct a statewide master plan that directs higher education to be accountable for increasing the educational attainment levels of Tennesseans. This bill also requires THEC, in consultation with the respective governing boards, to approve institutional mission statements concurrent with the adoption of each revised statewide master plan. Each institutional mission statement must characterize the institution's distinctiveness in degree offerings and address institutional accountability. Removes the requirement for THEC to develop county and regional profiles. Specifies that funding recommendations made by THEC must reflect the priorities of the approved master plan. The master plan must address the state's economic development, work force development, and research needs; ensure increased degree production within the state's capacity to support higher education; and use institutional mission differentiation to realize statewide efficiencies through institutional collaboration and minimized redundancy in degree offerings, instructional locations, and competitive research. Requires the Board of Regents to establish a comprehensive, statewide coordinated community college system. Requires the THEC to develop and the Regents to implement a common course-numbering system by fall 2011 and to ddress transfer/articulation by identifying 60 hours of coursework that will transfer as a block from two-year to four-year colleges. After July 1, 2012, four-year institutions may no longer provide remedial or developmental instruction to any student unless it corrdinates its efforts with a two-year college to teach the student (who then must enroll at both institutions). Under present law, THEC must develop policies and formulae or guidelines for fair and equitable distribution and use of public funds among the state's institutions of higher learning that are consistent with and further the goals of the statewide master plan, taking into account enrollment projections, recognizing institutional differences as well as similarities in function, services, academic programs and levels of instruction. This bill deletes the requirement that the developed policies and formulae or guidelines "take into account enrollment projections, recognizing institutional differences as well as similarities in function, services, academic programs and levels of instruction." Under present law, the policies and formulae or guidelines must also support and enhance regional collaboration and student access through financial aid, while being mindful of the funding capacity of the state. This bill removes this requirement. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB7006.pdf Link to fiscal note: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Fiscal/HB7008.pdf Title: S.B. 7006, H.B. 7008 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov TX Adopted 08/2009 Postsec. Requires each public institution of higher education to have a process to assess the quality and effectiveness of existing degree programs for continuous improvement. Directs the higher education coordinating board staff to develop a process for conducting a periodic audit of the quality, productivity and effectiveness of existing bachelor's and master's programs at public institutions of higher education. Adopted without change as published in the May 8, 2009 register (page 11): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0508/0508prop.pdf Title: 19 TAC 1.5.5.52 Source: www.sos.state.tx.us LA Signed into law 07/2009 Postsec. Community College Creates the Postsecondary Education Review Commission; provides for a comprehensive review of all aspects of the postsecondary education system in the state, including governance, facilities, programs, funding, and any other issues that impact postsecondary institutions. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=665588 Title: H.B. 794 Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/ TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Community College Relates to requiring a public institution of higher education to make available to the public on the institution's Internet Web site the syllabus for each undergraduate course, each instructor's curriculum vitae, and, if available, the most recent departmental budget report of the department under which the course is offered. Adds provisions ensuring the relative ease of locating such information. Directs each institution of higher education to report biennially to specified state policymakers on the institution's compliance with this section. Also requires institutions of higher education to conduct end-of-course student evaluations of faculty and develop a plan to make evaluations available on the institution's Web site. Directs each institution of higher education to establish and maintain an online list of on-campus work-study employment opportunities, sorted by department as appropriate, and ensure this list is easily accessible on the institution's financial aid section of its Web site. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02504F.pdf Title: H.B. 2504 - Section 1 and 2 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Creates new Section 61.0904. Directs the higher education coordinating board to conduct a review at least once every 10 years of the institutional groupings under the board's accountability system, including a review of the criteria for and definitions assigned to those groupings. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00051F.pdf Title: H.B. 51 - Section 7 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Section 5: Directs the higher education coordinating board biennially to determine the appropriate amount for funding the program in Section 61.0596 (see below, "University Funding for Excellence in Specific Programs and Fields; Incentive Grants") in the next fiscal biennium, and to make recommendations to the governor and the legislative budget board for funding those programs in that biennium. Section 6: Creates Section 61.0596, "University Funding for Excellence in Specific Programs and Fields; Incentive Grants". Provides that the section is to help general academic teaching institutions that are not categorized as "research universities" or "emerging research universities" in the state system to develop and maintain specific programs or fields of study of the highest national rank or recognition for that type of program or field. To that end, directs the higher education coordinating board to award incentive grants to general academic teaching institutions that the board considers to have demonstrated the greatest commitment to success in developing or improving the quality of the institution's existing degree program. Requires institutions to use such grants for faculty recruitment or other faculty support for the degree program for which the grant is awarded, including establishment of endowed faculty positions or enhancement of faculty compensation. Specifies that an institution may designate only one degree program at a time for consideration for new incentive grant funding. Directs the higher education coordinating board to set a series of benchmarks for each degree program designated by an institution. Provides the institution becomes eligible for incentive grant funding for each benchmark the board determines the institution to have met. Provides that in addition to supporting programs designated to receive incentive grants, the board must provide additional funds as the board deems appropriate to help general academic teaching institutions maintain the excellence of programs or fields of study that have achieved the highest national ranking or recognition for that type of program or field. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00051F.pdf Title: H.B. 51 - Section 5 and 6 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us WV Adopted 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Provides rules from The West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College regarding an accountability system for public higher education in the state. Relates to the development of statewide master plans, the process of entering into state and institutional compacts, system and institution implementation plans, and state-level reporting. http://www.wvctcs.org/downloads/Series%2049%20CTCE%20Accountability%20DRAFT%20for%20public%20comment.pdf Title: Title 135, Series 49 Source: http://www.wvctcs.org WV Adopted 04/2009 Postsec. Sets forth an accountability system for West Virginia public higher education institutions under the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission's (Commission) jurisdiction. Describes the responsibilities of the Commission and public higher education institutions under its jurisdiction to West Virginia taxpayers for the performance of the state public higher education system. http://wvhepcdoc.wvnet.edu/resources/rulesandpolicies_files/Series%2049%20(4-14-09).pdf Title: Title 133, Series 49 Source: http://wvhepcdoc.wvnet.edu AR Signed into law 04/2009 Postsec. Community College Requires the Department of Higher Education to collect information necessary to prepare reports of college achievement of high school graduates from each state institution of higher education; requires the Department and it's Office of Accountability to develop a system of reporting the number of students who required remediation during their first year of enrollment in a state-supported institution of higher education in this state if the enrollment occurred within a certain number of years of graduation. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1764.pdf Title: H.B. 1764 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us TX Adopted 02/2009 Postsec. Requires public institutions with doctoral programs to publish information on their Web sites regarding the "18 Characteristics of Doctoral Education" as approved by the higher education coordinating board. Requires each such institution to develop and implement a plan for using the 18 Characteristics for ongoing evaluation and quality improvement of each doctoral program. Title: 19 TAC 1.5.C.5.51 Source: www.lexis.com CA Vetoed 09/2008 Postsec. Require the State to establish a new accountability framework for achieving prescribed educational and economic goals for public higher education institutions. Provides requirements for this framework. Requires the data collected be reported and provided to the public. Authorizes state university, community college, and private institution organizations to provide biennial reports. Requires the convening of a related advisory committee. Repeals a postsecondary transfer pattern report requirement. http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Title: S.B. 325 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov WV Adopted 09/2008 Postsec. Amends rules relating to postsecondary program review. Adds section 133-10-4, which requires each institution to develop a reporting format that includes mission, faculty, curriculum, resources, student learning outcomes, other learning and service activities, viability and program improvement. Provides that the program review process must include a five-year schedule, delineate the roles of faculty, administrators and the institutional governing board, and include an external review process that includes at least one reviewer as an outside evaluator for each program reviewed. Requires each institution to submit the results of the program review to the Higher Education Policy Commission. Requires the following to be reported: name and degree level of program; synopses of significant findings, including findings of external reviewer(s); plans for program improvement, including timeline; identification of weaknesses or deficiencies from the previous review and the status of improvements implemented or accomplished; five year trend data on graduates and majors enrolled; summary of assessment model and how results are used for program improvement; data on student placement (i.e., number of students employed in positions related to the field of study or pursuing advanced degrees); and final recommendations approved by governing board. For programs with specialized accreditation, the institution must provide a copy of the letter continuing the conferral of accreditation. Accredited programs that meet productivity guidelines will not be subject to further review by the Commission. Adds section 133-10-7, which provides the commission will conduct a productivity review on a biennial basis of programs that have been established for at least five years. Programs will be required to meet at least one of the indicators established in rule for degree awards and enrollment in majors at either the baccalaureate, master's/first professional or doctoral level. Programs that do not meet productivity standards will be recommended for placement on probationary status by the institutional governing board for a 4-year period, during which time institutions will be expected to increase program enrollment and degrees awarded. At the end of the probationary period, the commission will recommend continuing approval status for programs meeting productivity standards and termination of programs that again fail to meet the standards. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/133-10.pdf Title: Title 133, Series 10 Source: www.lexis.com WA Signed into law 03/2008 Postsec. Beginning in 2008, public four-year postsecondary institutions are to pilot test performance agreements that set outcome-oriented priorities, target investments, link operating and capital planning, and create a longer-term view than the biennial budget cycle typically permits. The higher education performance agreements will be pilot tested over a six year period. A state performance agreement committee is also created to stae interests in developing the agreements. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/2641.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 2641 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature WI Signed into law 10/2007 Postsec. Directs the joint committee on information policy and technology to review any University of Wisconsin System, institution or college campus information technology project identified in a report submitted to the committee by the board of regents to determine whether the project should be continued or implemented. Permits the committee to forward any recommendations regarding the project to the governor and to the legislature. Page 4 of 674: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act20.pdf Title: S.B. 40 Source: www.legis.state.wi.us CA Signed into law 09/2007 Postsec. Makes all meetings of the California State University Trustees to be subject to the Bagley- Keene Act. Requires the trustees to take action in open session on an executive compensation proposal concerning the Chancellor of the university, the President of an individual campus, a Vice Chancellor, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, the General Counsel, or the trustees' Secretary. Provides the University of California Board of Regents includes specified advisory and study groups or task forces. Chapter 523 http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0151-0200/sb_190_bill_20071012_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 190 Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov MA Issued 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth over the next ten years. The project will have three chairs appointed by the Governor.  The plan will include recommendations to: (1) Deliver universal and high quality early education for three- and four-year-olds as well as Full-Day kindergarten; (2) Expand time for teaching and learning in primary and secondary schools; (3) Extend education an additional two years beyond secondary school to better prepare students for higher education, work and citizenship; (4) Align curricula from pre-Kindergarten through high school, higher education and work force development, including with an emphasis on science, technology, engineering and math as well as other subjects and methods that enhance creativity and problem-solving skills; (5) Structure and support a reasonable degree of school choice, including charter and pilot schools, so that all serve as complementary components of a comprehensive system; (6) Recruit, retain and develop strong educators and administrators at all levels; (7) Streamline and strengthen teacher certification and licensing; (8) Improve the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System and introduce additional appropriate standards and assessments to measure other aspects of students' academic development; (9) Fund the education system adequately, equitably and reliably, including for students with special educational needs; (10) Facilitate collaboration between and among the Commonwealth's public and private institutions of higher education; (11) Strengthen the structure and clarify the mission of the institutions that comprise the University of Massachusetts system and all public higher education institutions in the Commonwealth; (12) Implement an effective and efficient accountability system for students, instructors and administrators from pre-Kindergarten through higher education that enables authorities both to review performance and to target assistance where it is most needed; and (13) Leverage information technology throughout the system to improve instruction, student acquisition of skills, administrative processes, and the quality of and access to data. implements fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth over the next 10 years. http://www.mass.gov/Agov3/docs/Executive%20Orders/executive_order_489.pdf Title: Executive Order No. 489 Source: http://www.mass.gov NC Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. Community College Amends the law relating to community college performance standards. Provides that the state board may withhold funds from a college that may qualify as an exceptional institution while the college is under investigation by a state or federal agency or if its performance does not meet the standards. Provides that the board release the funds when the investigations are complete and the issues are resolved. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H642v0.html Title: H.B. 642 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ NY Issued 05/2007 Postsec. (Executive Order No. 14) Establishes the New York State Commission on Higher Education. The Commission's inquiry shall include analysis of: (a) academic standards and performance in New York's colleges and universities, with particular emphasis on SUNY and CUNY; (b) access to higher education in New York State and particularly to the SUNY and CUNY systems; (c) the degree to which public primary and secondary education adequately prepare New York students to enter and succeed in college; (d) the mission of the State's community colleges, and the proper balance between preparing students to enter four-year institutions upon graduation and to obtain high-value jobs upon graduation; (e) the extent to which SUNY and CUNY research and degree programs are aligned with economic development objectives of the State and the region of the State where each campus is situated; (f) the financing of public colleges and universities, including State support, federal support, tuition, alumni support and other sources of income; (g) the reasonable costs of an education for students in various SUNY and CUNY degree programs, and the available sources and amounts of financial aid for students who need assistance to meet such costs; (h) the types and amounts of financial support provided by the State to private colleges and universities and their students, and the rationale for such programs; (i) the degree to which different types of SUNY institutions (i.e. two-year colleges, four-year colleges, technical colleges, university centers and the SUNY schools within Cornell University) are treated and governed similarly or differently within SUNY and by the State; (j) the degree to which different SUNY campuses are permitted to tailor their offerings, practices and policies to the specific needs of their students, faculties and the surrounding communities; and (k) the nature of public and community service opportunities and degree requirements afforded and enforced at SUNY, CUNY and more generally in New York's colleges and universities. http://www.ny.gov/governor/executive_orders/exeorders/14.html Title: Executive Order No. 14 Source: http://www.ny.gov/governor AR Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Creates the legislative task force on higher education remediation, retention, and graduation rates; provides for the appointment of its members; describes its mission and responsibilities. (Act No. 570) http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB2736.pdf Title: H.B. 2736 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us MD Signed into law 04/2006 Postsec. Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to submit a review of the State Plan for Higher Education to the Governor and to the General Assembly every 4 years instead of every 2 years; requires that the president of each public institution of higher education update the institution's mission statement within a year of the review of the State Plan for Higher Education. http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb0122t.pdf Title: H.B. 122 Source: Maryland Legislature TX Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. From bill analysis: Currently there are over 400 reporting requirements for institutions of higher education. By consolidating the scope of reporting, the university systems and their component institutions would be able to utilize the millions of dollars spent on these reports in a more efficient and effective manner. S.B. 1226 directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in conjunction with the Legislative Budget Board, to study the reporting requirements for institutions of higher education. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=79&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=01226&VERSION=5&TYPE=B Title: S.B. 1226 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us WV Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2004 Postsec. Establishes new rules regarding performance indicators used to measure the degree to which the goals for the delivery of community and technical college education are being met. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4532 (SN) Title: Title 135, Series 6 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2004 Community College Postsec. Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to provide recommendations to the Legislature and Governor regarding the design of a workable structure for annual evaluation of district-level performance. Sets forth criteria with which a community college district could utilize a portion of the funds of the Budget Act of 2004 for program enhancements. Requires the amount allocated for part-time faculty be used to increase the part- time faculty compensation. Title: A.B. 1417 Source: StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Community College Establishes the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) for the collection of data pertinent to the planning and coordination of the higher education system of the state. Adds the California Postsecondary Education Accountability Act (CPSEA) of 2004 to the Donahoe Higher Education Act. Establishes a statewide CPSEA structure that would annually provide an assessment of the progress made by the state's system of postsecondary education in meeting the educational needs of California. Establishes statewide reporting system and requires annual reports. Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission to administer the postsecondary education accountability structure. Existing law establishes a higher education accountability program under which the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges are required to prepare a list of reports on a regular basis to the Legislature and to state agencies. Under the program, commencing on November 15, 1994, and each November 15 thereafter, the CPEC is required to submit a higher education report to the Legislature and the Governor that provides information on significant indicators of the performance of the public colleges and universities. This bill repeals this program. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1301-1350/sb_1331_bill_20040823_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_1331_veto.pdf Title: S.B. 1331 Source: California Legislative Web site MS Rule Adoption 07/2004 Community College Postsec. Amends rules concerning standards for quality and accountability. MISSISSIPPI REG 9263 (SN) Title: (Uncodified) Source: StateNet KS Signed into law 04/2003 Postsec. Community College Requires full-time community college employees to undergo the following evaluations: During the first two consecutive years of employement, the employee must be evaluated at least once a semester, unless the employee does not work for the complete semester. During the third and fourth years of employment, every employee is to be evaluated at least once every academic year. After the fourth year of employment, every employee must be evaluated at least once every three years. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/82.pdf Title: S.B. 82 Source: www.kslegislature.org MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Postsec. Establishes full-time program of internal auditing at specific state postsecondary institutions, including various community/junior colleges, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, and the department of education. Requires each specified postsecondary institution and the department to employ an agency internal audit director and professional and support staff to conduct internal auditing. Sets forth internal audit directors' qualifications and duties. Establishes manner in which audits should be conducted as well as availability, procedures and frequency of audit reports. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0650SG.htm Title: H.B. 650 Source: StateNet ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Resolve No. 67., (LD 1797) Creates the Blue Ribbon Commission on Postsecondary Educational Attainment. Title: S.B. 616 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NC Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Session Law Number 111. Modifies the audit procedures of community college programs. Title: H.B. 386 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TN Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. (Joint Resolution) Urges National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education to select Tennessee a one of multi-state participant in long-term strategic planning on state higher education policy using NCPPHE's Measuring Up 2000 report. Title: S.J.R. 59 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ND Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Amends state statute to formally designate North Dakota University System (NDUS) colleges and universities as a unified system dedicated to meeting the education, research and service needs of the state and its citizens. The bill also provides for incorporating recommendations of the Roundtable Report into the NDUS' strategic planning process and requires the university system to provide annual performance and accountability reports. Title: S.B. 2041 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, school districts and certain institutions or higher education. Title: H.B. 87 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WV Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Codifies rules approved by legislative oversight commission on accountability for higher education. Title: S.B. 520 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet