S.B. No. 1400         AN ACT   relating to a study on measurable outcomes for certain transfer   students for performance tier funding under the public junior   college state finance program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 130A, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 130A.1012 to read as follows:          Sec. 130A.1012.  STUDY ON STUDENT TRANSFERS. (a)  In this   section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning   assigned by Section 61.003.          (b)  The coordinating board, in consultation with the   standing advisory committee established under Section 130.001,   shall conduct a study to assess the feasibility and the fiscal and   policy implications, including the fiscal impact to the state, of   revising the requirements for subsequent transfer to a general   academic teaching institution for purposes of performance tier   funding under Section 130A.101(c)(2)(A) to include students who   were previously enrolled at a general academic teaching   institution.          (c)  In conducting the study, the coordinating board shall   assess:                (1)  the types of postsecondary educational experience   and attainment that students have before enrolling in a public   junior college, including:                      (A)  the frequency of each type;                      (B)  the kinds of services and how much of those   services students with each type require from the college; and                      (C)  the associated measures of academic or   workforce success;                (2)  the fiscal impact of revising the requirements for   subsequent transfer to a general academic teaching institution for   purposes of performance tier funding under Section   130A.101(c)(2)(A) to include students who were previously enrolled   at a general academic teaching institution; and                (3)  any other factors or issues the coordinating board   or the standing advisory committee established under Section   130.001 determines relevant.          (d)  Not later than December 1, 2026, the coordinating board,   in consultation with the standing advisory committee established   under Section 130.001, shall submit to the legislature a report on   the results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or   other action.          (e)  This section expires September 1, 2027.          SECTION 2.  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, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1400 passed the Senate on   May 12, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 1.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1400 passed the House on   May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 101, Nays 34, one   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor