85R2926 KSD-D     By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1277       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a requirement that online admission application forms   for public institutions of higher education include a link to   certain employment data relating to fields of study.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.762, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:          (b-1)  An electronic common admission application form   adopted under this section must include a prominent link to the   Texas Consumer Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics   ("Texas CREWS") report on gainful employment.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.763(b), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The form must:                (1)  [shall] allow each applicant to:                      (A) [(1)]  apply electronically to one or more of   the general academic teaching institutions within the university   system; and                      (B) [(2)]  indicate preferences for admission   between those institutions; and                (2)  include a prominent link to the Texas Consumer   Resource for Education and Workforce Statistics ("Texas CREWS")   report on gainful employment.          SECTION 3.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board   and the governing board of a university system shall comply with   Section 51.762(b-1) or 51.763(b)(2), Education Code, as added by   this Act, as applicable, as soon as practicable following the   effective date of this Act but not later than January 1, 2018.          SECTION 4.  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, 2017.