Bill: HB 1287, 84(R) - 2015
Committee
House Higher Education
Vote Recommendation
| Vote Recommendation |
Economic Freedom |
Property Rights |
Personal Responsibility |
Limited Government |
Individual Liberty |
| Yes |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Neutral |
Positive |
Neutral |
Author(s)
Ron Simmons
Bill Caption
Relating to a requirement that each state university's Internet website include a link to certain employment data.
Fiscal Notes
There is no significant fiscal implication to State or local government.
Bill Analysis
HB 1287 creates a requirement that public institutions of
higher education provide a prominent link on their websites to existing data
reports from Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics (CREWS) for each respective higher education institution.
Vote Recommendation Notes
This bill affirms the principle of limited government by increasing transparency for post-graduation statistics regarding wages and careers for each public university. This would help potential students make an educated choice on which university to attend and potentially help save students from lower wage careers that come with a price of higher indebtedness from school. For these reasons, we support HB 1237.
The Senate sponsor is Senator Burton.
