By: West  S.B. No. 1963          (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2021; April 1, 2021, read   first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;   April 19, 2021, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 19, 2021,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1963 By:  Zaffirini     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to a transferability report card for certain public   institutions of higher education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.96854 to read as follows:          Sec. 51.96854.  TRANSFERABILITY REPORT CARD. (a)  In this   section:                (1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher   Education Coordinating Board.                (2)  "General academic teaching institution" and   "public state college" have the meanings assigned by Section   61.003.          (b)  Not later than March 1 of each year, a general academic   teaching institution other than a public state college shall post   on the institution's Internet website a transferability report card   that indicates for the preceding academic year:                (1)  the total number of semester credit hours or the   equivalent for which undergraduate students transferring to the   institution applied for transfer credit; and                (2)  the percentage of the semester credit hours or the   equivalent described by Subdivision (1) for which students received   transfer credit.          (c)  The coordinating board, in consultation with general   academic teaching institutions to which Subsection (b) applies,   shall develop a model transferability report card for use under   Subsection (b).          (d)  Not later than April 1 of each year, the coordinating   board shall post on the coordinating board's Internet website a   list stating the transferability percentage described by   Subsection (b)(2) of each general academic teaching institution   other than a public state college.          SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date   of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall   develop the model transferability report card required under   Section 51.96854(c), Education Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  (a)  Not later than March 1, 2023, each public   institution of higher education to which Section 51.96854(b),   Education Code, as added by this Act, applies shall post on the   institution's Internet website the initial transferability report   card required under that subsection.          (b)  Not later than April 1, 2023, the Texas Higher Education   Coordinating Board shall post on the board's Internet website the   initial list required under Section 51.96854(d), Education Code, as   added by this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.     * * * * *