Bill Text: TX HB5126 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to publish certain online resources.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Higher Education [HB5126 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5126-Introduced.html
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By: Shaheen | H.B. No. 5126 |
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relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to | ||
publish certain online resources. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 51.9747 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.9747. ONLINE PUBLIC RESOURCES. (a) In this | ||
section: | ||
(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
(2) "Training session" means a program, lecture, | ||
presentation, or directed group activity planned or presented by an | ||
institution of higher education for students, faculty, staff, or | ||
the public, whether mandatory or voluntary, for the purpose of | ||
coordinating behavior with certain standards or securing | ||
compliance with a certain message or purpose. The term includes any | ||
orientation program for new students, faculty, or staff and any | ||
training regarding topics surrounding race, gender, sexual | ||
identity, campus climate, or interpersonal relations. | ||
(b) Each institution of higher education shall make | ||
available to prospective students, parents of prospective | ||
students, and other interested members of the public on the | ||
institution's Internet website: | ||
(1) a syllabus portal; | ||
(2) an employment information directory; and | ||
(3) a training sessions database. | ||
(c) The information made available under Subsection (b) | ||
must be: | ||
(1) accessible from the institution's Internet website | ||
home page by the use of not more than three website links; | ||
(2) searchable by keywords and phrases; and | ||
(3) accessible to the public without requiring | ||
registration or use of a user name, password, or other form of user | ||
identification. | ||
(d) The syllabus portal must include a single database | ||
containing the course syllabus for every classroom course offered | ||
for credit by the institution. A syllabus included in the portal: | ||
(1) must comply with the requirements under Section | ||
51.974(a)(1); and | ||
(2) may exclude the time and location of class | ||
meetings. | ||
(e) The employment information directory must be updated at | ||
least annually and include the following information for each | ||
employee or officer of the institution: | ||
(1) name; | ||
(2) department; | ||
(3) tenure status; | ||
(4) job title; and | ||
(5) general job description. | ||
(f) The state auditor shall audit each institution of higher | ||
education's employment information directory for compliance with | ||
this section and any other relevant provisions of law at least once | ||
every three years. This subsection does not affect the state | ||
auditor's authority to conduct an audit in accordance with Chapter | ||
321, Government Code. | ||
(g) The training sessions database must include a playable | ||
video recording or written transcript record of every training | ||
session the institution conducts for students, faculty, or staff. | ||
The recording or transcript must include the entirety of the | ||
training session, including any question and answer session, but | ||
may not include any personally identifying information of a | ||
student, faculty member, or staff member who participated in the | ||
training session but was not involved with the planning, | ||
coordination, or presentation of the training session. | ||
(h) The governing board of each institution of higher | ||
education shall designate an administrator to be responsible for | ||
ensuring compliance with this section. The administrator may | ||
assign duties under this section to one or more administrative | ||
employees. | ||
(i) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt | ||
rules necessary to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, each public institution of higher education shall | ||
comply with Section 51.9747, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2023. |