From the ECS State Policy Database Postsecondary Governance and Structures--State Executives/State Agencies

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 OR Signed into law 09/2013 Postsec. Higher Education Coordinating Commission Duties H.B. 3120 (Section 2) Directs Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) to coordinate program approval and adopt rules governing distribution of appropriations to state colleges and universities, as observed under ORS 352.002. Directs HECC to advise the legislature, governor,... More... OR Signed into law 09/2013 Postsec. Office of Student Access and Completion H.B. 3120 (Section 3) Establishes the Office of Student Access and Completion operating under the Higher Education Coordinating Commission. Abolishes any antecedents and transfers statutory powers to adjudicate disputes to this office. https://olis.leg.state.or.us/liz/2013R1/Downl... More... OR Signed into law 09/2013 Postsec. Authority over Oregon Community Colleges H.B. 3120 (Section 4) Shifts oversight, rulemaking, and policy making authority over community colleges from the state board of education to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC). Directs that a governing board of a community college district to identify educational ... More... OR Signed into law 08/2013 Postsec. Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission: Relationship to Oregon Education Investment Board H.B. 3120 (Section 1) Directs the Oregon Higher Education coordinating Commission (HECC) to assist the Oregon Education Investment Board (OEIB) to (1) evaluate state goals and institutional achievement compacts; (2) advise on the strategic investments that could achieve postseconda... More... OR Signed into law 08/2013 Postsec. Relationship of Institutional Boards to the Higher Education Coordinating Commission S.B. 270 Provides for the establishment of institutional boards for public universities in the Oregon University System. Requires the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) to submit an annual report on each university with a governing board. The evaluation ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Postsec. Employment of Persons with Disabilities in State Boards and Institutions H.B. 2591 Creates the Illinois Employment First Act. Provides that "state agency" includes all boards, commissions, agencies, institutions, authorities, and bodies politic and corporate of the state, created by or in accordance with the Illinois Constitution or statute,... More... NH Signed into law 07/2013 Postsec. New Duties for Higher Education Commission S.B. 134 Revises the duties and membership of the higher education commission. Revises the application and approval process for institutions of higher learning to seek and receive approval from the higher education commission. Establishes the higher education fund. Tra... More... ND Passed 06/2013 Postsec. Pending Voter Approval, Creates a Commission of Higher Education H.C.R. 3047 A concurrent resolution to create and enact a new section to article VIII of the Constitution of North Dakota, relating to the creation of a three-member commission of higher education. Repeals section 6 of article VIII of the Constitution of North Dakota, rel... More... VA Signed into law 03/2013 Postsec. Preservation of Postsecondary Student Data H.B. 2088 Provides that in the event of a postsecondary school closure, the school shall transfer the academic and financial records of its students to the State Council for Higher Education of Virginia or enter an agreement with another school to preserve such records.... More... KY Issued 06/2012 Postsec. Reorganization of the Council on Postsecondary Education Executive Order 2012-419 Establishes the Council on Postsecondary Education as an organizational unit and administrative body attached to the office of the governor for administrative purposes. http://apps.sos.ky.gov/Executive/Journal/execjournalimages/2012-MISC-222480.pdf... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 Postsec. Florida College System Personnel Records S.B. 878 Amends definition of "limited-access records" for Florida College System. Requires records maintained for investigating employee misconduct to become public either after the investigation ceases to be active, the institution has concluded the investigation, or... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 Postsec. Gubernatorial Authority over Higher Education Officials S.B. 39 From bill summary: Requires the state board of regents to receive approval from the governor and obtain consent of the senate when hiring a commissioner of higher education. Permits the governor, after consultation with the state board of regents, to terminate... More... OR Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Postsec. Education System Oversight S.B. 1581 Provides that for the purpose of furthering the mission of the Oregon Education Investment Board to oversee a unified public education system, the Chief Education Officer has direction and control over specified positions, including the commissioner for commun... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 Postsec. SHEEO's Term H.B. 153 - SHEEO's Term Removes provision prohibiting the chancellor of the board of regents from assuming any duties until the senate has consented to the chancellor's appointment. Replaces provisions limiting the term of the chancellor to five years and on the filling of vacancies ... More... MO Vetoed 05/2011 Postsec. Postsecondary Governance S.B. 163 Modifies the composition of the Coordinating Board for Higher Education, the Board of Curators for the University of Missouri and the governing board of Missouri State University. For each board, current law provides that no more than one person will be appoin... More... CA Signed into law 09/2010 Postsec. Live Audio Transmission of Postsecondary Meetings A.B. 1436 Directs the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the trustees of the California State University, the California Postsecondary Education Commission and the Student Aid Commission, and requests the regents of the University of California, to... More... NY Signed into law 08/2010 Postsec. Higher Education Services Corporation A.B. 8220/S.B. 4199 Amends membership of the board of trustees of the higher education services corporation [http://www.hesc.com/content.nsf/HESC/About_HESC]. Adds as member a current full-time student at an independent institution of higher education in the state. http://assembl... More... LA Signed into law 06/2010 Postsec. Board of Regents Responsibilities S.B. 538 Clarifies the powers, duties, and functions of the Board of Regents and the postsecondary education management boards. Requires institutional evaluations be used by the board to create efficiencies, increase student access, enhance academic quality, further th... More... NY Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Agendas and Meeting Records for Postecondary Boards of Trustees S.B. 5585 Requires the board of trustees of the State University of New York, the City University of New York and the higher education services commission to make publicly available agendas and subsequent meeting records on their Web sites. http://assembly.state.ny.us/l... More... TX Adopted 05/2010 Postsec. Limited Waiver of Rules 19 TAC 4.61 Allows the commissioner of higher education to waive s.s.4.51 - 4.60 of Coordinating Board rules (governing the Texas Success Initiative) if necessary to provide flexibility for Texas public institutions of higher education contracted by the coordinating board... More...