Relating to a study on measurable outcomes for certain transfer students for performance tier funding under the public junior college state finance program, the official text

S.B. No. 1400

AN ACT

relating to a study on measurable outcomes for certain transfer

students for performance tier funding under the public junior

college state finance program.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 130A, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 130A.1012 to read as follows:

Sec. 130A.1012. STUDY ON STUDENT TRANSFERS. (a) In this

section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning

assigned by Section 61.003.

(b) The coordinating board, in consultation with the

standing advisory committee established under Section 130.001,

shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility and the fiscal and

policy implications, including the fiscal impact to the state, of

revising the requirements for subsequent transfer to a general

academic teaching institution for purposes of performance tier

funding under Section 130A.101(c)(2)(A) to include students who

were previously enrolled at a general academic teaching

institution.

(c) In conducting the study, the coordinating board shall

assess:

(1) the types of postsecondary educational experience

and attainment that students have before enrolling in a public

junior college, including:

(A) the frequency of each type;

(B) the kinds of services and how much of those

services students with each type require from the college; and

(C) the associated measures of academic or

workforce success;

(2) the fiscal impact of revising the requirements for

subsequent transfer to a general academic teaching institution for

purposes of performance tier funding under Section

130A.101(c)(2)(A) to include students who were previously enrolled

at a general academic teaching institution; and

(3) any other factors or issues the coordinating board

or the standing advisory committee established under Section

130.001 determines relevant.

(d) Not later than December 1, 2026, the coordinating board,

in consultation with the standing advisory committee established

under Section 130.001, shall submit to the legislature a report on

the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or

other action.

(e) This section expires September 1, 2027.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1400 passed the Senate on

May 12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1400 passed the House on

May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 101, Nays 34, one

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor