85R11149 JRJ-F     By: Raney H.B. No. 2975       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring public junior colleges to report certain   financial and instructional information for certain instructional   locations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as The Junior College   Funding and Reporting Transparency Act.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 130.0037 to read as follows:          Sec. 130.0037.  INSTRUCTIONAL SITE REPORTING REQUIREMENT.   (a) In this section, "instructional site" means a facility located   within the service area of a junior college district, other than the   main campus of the district, at which the district enrolls 2,000   students or more in an academic year.          (b)  Not later than December 1 of each fiscal year, each   junior college district shall submit a report to the Legislative   Budget Board that includes the following information for each   instructional site of the junior college district:                (1)  the number of contact hours, including those   generated from distance learning, for the preceding academic year;                (2)  student attainment of completion milestones for   the preceding academic year as measured by a performance funding   formula established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating   Board under Section 51.3062(m);                (3)  the total amount of state appropriations, tax   revenue, and tuition and fee revenue received by the junior college   district in the preceding fiscal year generated by student   enrollment at the instructional site with an indication of the   following:                      (A)  in-district and out-of-district tuition and   fee revenue amounts; and                      (B)  if applicable, tuition and fee revenue   amounts collected for dual credit courses;                (4)  an itemized statement of the total amount of money   expended on the instructional site in the preceding fiscal year by   the junior college district; and                (5)  the number of full-time and adjunct faculty at the   instructional site for the preceding academic year as determined by   the location of the faculty member's primary office.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.