Texas Statutes
Subchapter B. Online Institution Resumes for Four-Year General Academic Teaching Institutions
Section 51A.052. Institution Resume for Legislators and Other Policy Makers

Sec. 51A.052. INSTITUTION RESUME FOR LEGISLATORS AND OTHER POLICY MAKERS. (a) The coordinating board shall maintain for each institution to which this subchapter applies an online resume that is designed for use by legislators and other interested policy makers.
(b) The resume required by this section must identify:
(1) the institutional grouping to which the institution is assigned under the coordinating board's higher education accountability system; and
(2) the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer institutions.
(c) For purposes of this section, information required to be included in the resume regarding the institution's in-state or out-of-state peer institutions must be listed in the form of the average of that information for those institutions unless otherwise prescribed by coordinating board rule.
(d) The resume must include the following information relating to the institution for the most recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and compare that information to the same information for the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year for which the information is available and the state fiscal year preceding the most recent state fiscal year for which the information is available by five years:
(1) under the heading "ENROLLMENT":
(A) the total number of students enrolled in the institution during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the resume; and
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students enrolled in the institution for the first time during the fall semester that ended in the fiscal year covered by the resume who are transfer students;
(2) under the heading "COSTS":
(A) the average annual total academic costs for a resident undergraduate student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer institutions;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students receiving student loans:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer institutions;
(C) the average annual amount of an undergraduate student's student loans:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer institutions;
(D) the percentage of undergraduate students receiving federal or state grants:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer institutions; and
(E) the average annual amount of federal and state grants received by an undergraduate student:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer institutions;
(3) under the heading "STUDENT SUCCESS":
(A) the retention rate of first-time, full-time, degree-seeking entering undergraduate students:
(i) enrolled in the institution after one academic year and after two academic years; and
(ii) enrolled in the institution's in-state peer institutions after two academic years;
(B) the percentage of undergraduate students requiring developmental education who, after six years from entering the institution, graduated from or are still enrolled in:
(i) the institution; and
(ii) the institution's in-state peer institutions;
(C) the four-year, five-year, and six-year graduation rates of full-time bachelor's degree-seeking students:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer institutions; and
(D) the average number of fall and spring semesters of enrollment attempted by a student to obtain a bachelor's degree:
(i) at the institution; and
(ii) at the institution's in-state peer institutions; and
(4) under the heading "FUNDING":
(A) the total amount of money appropriated by the legislature to the institution, including money appropriated for faculty and staff health coverage and retirement benefits, for that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget for that state fiscal year that the total amount of money appropriated by the legislature represents;
(B) the total amount of federal funds from all federal sources, including grants and research funds, received by the institution in that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget for that state fiscal year that the total amount of federal funds represents;
(C) the total academic costs charged to students by the institution in that state fiscal year and the corresponding percentage of the institution's operating budget for that state fiscal year that the total academic costs represent; and
(D) the total amount of money from any source available to the institution in that state fiscal year.
(e) In addition to the information required by Subsection (d)(2), the resume must include under the heading "COSTS" the average annual amount and percentage by which the total academic costs charged to a resident undergraduate student enrolled in 30 semester credit hours have increased in each of the five most recent state fiscal years for which the information is available:
(1) at the institution; and
(2) at the institution's in-state and out-of-state peer institutions.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 723 (S.B. 174), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 945 (H.B. 736), Sec. 5, eff. June 17, 2011.

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