bill widens transfer credit in community college performance funding

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89R3167 KJE-F

By: Paxton
S.B. No. 685

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to performance tier funding under the public junior

college state finance program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 130A.101(c), Education Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(c) The measurable outcomes considered for purposes of

performance tier funding are:

(1) the number of credentials of value awarded, as

determined by the coordinating board based on analyses of wages and

costs associated with the credential, including degrees,

certificates, and other credentials from credit and non-credit

programs that equip students for continued learning and greater

earnings in the state economy, with an additional weight for

placement of students who earn that credential in a high-demand

occupation, as defined by coordinating board rule, or an

appropriate proxy determined by the coordinating board based on

available data;

(2) the number of students who earn at least 15

semester credit hours or the equivalent at the junior college

district and:

(A) subsequently transfer to :

(i) a general academic teaching

institution, as that term is defined by Section 61.003;

(ii) a private or independent institution

of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003, that

offers four-year degree programs; or

(iii) a public or private four-year

postsecondary educational institution in another state that is

accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States

Department of Education; or

(B) are enrolled in a structured co-enrollment

program, as authorized by coordinating board rule; and

(3) the number of students who complete a sequence of

at least 15 semester credit hours or the equivalent for dual credit

or dual enrollment courses, as defined by coordinating board rule,

that apply toward academic or workforce program requirements at the

postsecondary level.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.