(a)(No Change.)
(b)A general academic teaching institution is eligible
to receive an initial distribution from the Fund appropriated for
each state fiscal year if:
(1) - (2)(No change.)
(3)the institution satisfies at least four of the
following six criteria:
(A) - (B)(No change.)
(C)in each of the two academic years preceding the
state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, the entering
freshman class of the institution demonstrated high academic achievement
as reflected in the following criteria:
(i)At least 50 percent of the first-time entering
freshman class students at the institution are in the top 25 percent
of their high school class; or
(ii)The average SAT score of first-time entering freshman
class students at or above the 75th percentile of SAT scores was equal
to or greater than 1210 prior to fall 2017, [(]
consisting of the Critical Reading (CR) and Mathematics (M)
Components, [Sections)] or equal to or greater
than 1280 starting with fall 2017, consisting of the Evidence-Based
Reading and Writing (ERW) and Mathematics (M) Components), or
the average ACT score of first-time entering freshman class students
at or above the 75th percentile of ACT scores was equal to or greater
than 26; and
(iii)The composition of the institution's first-time
entering freshman class demonstrates progress toward reflecting the
population of the state or the institution's region with respect to
underrepresented students and shows a commitment to improving the
academic performance of underrepresented students. One way in which
this could be accomplished is by active participation in one of the
Federal TRIO Programs, such as having one or more McNair Scholars
in a particular cohort.
(D)(No change.)
(E)in each of the two academic years preceding the
state fiscal year for which the appropriation is made, the faculty
of the institution was of high quality as reflected in the following:
(i)There must be five or more recognitions [
The cumulative number] of national or international distinction
of [distinctions] tenured/tenure-track faculty [achieved
] through membership in [recognition as a member
of] one of the National Academies (including National Academy
of Sciences [Science], National Academy of Engineering,
[Academy of Arts and Sciences,] and National Academy [
Institute] of Medicine), the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences, or through receiving a [are]
Nobel Prize [recipients is equal to or greater than 5 for each
year]; or
(ii)The annual number of awards of national and international
distinction received by tenured/tenure-track faculty during a given
academic year in any of the following categories is equal to or greater
than 7 for each year.
(I)American Academy of Nursing Fellows [Member
]
(II)American Council of Learned Societies [(ACLS)]
Fellows
(III)American Law Institute Members
(IV)Beckman Young Investigators
(V)Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award Winners [
Awards]
(VI)Cottrell Scholars
(VII)Getty Scholars in Residence
(VIII)Guggenheim Fellows
(IX)Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
(X)Lasker Medical Research Award Winners [
Awards]
(XI)MacArthur Foundation Fellows
(XII)Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Distinguished Achievement
Award Winners [Awards]
(XIII)National Endowment for the Humanities [(NEH)]
Fellows
(XIV)National Humanities Center Fellows
(XV)National Institutes of Health [(NIH)]
MERIT (R37) Winners
(XVI)National Medal of Science Winners [and
National Medal of Technology winners]
(XVII)National Medal of Technology
and Innovation Winners
(XVIII)[(XVII)] National
Science Foundation [NSF] CAREER Award Winners [
winners] (excluding those who are also PECASE winners)
(XIX)[(XVIII)] Newberry Library
Long-term Fellows
(XX)[(XIX)] Pew Scholars in
Biomedicine
(XXI)[(XX)] Pulitzer Prize Winners
(XXII)[(XXI) Winners of the]
Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
Winners
(XXIII)[(XXII)] Robert Wood
Johnson Health Policy Fellows
(XXIV)[(XXIII)] Searle Scholars
(XXV)[(XXIV)] Sloan Research
Fellows
(XXVI)[(XXV)] Fellows of
the Woodrow Wilson Center [Fellows]
(iii)In lieu of meeting either clause (i) or (ii)
of this subparagraph, an institution may request that a comprehensive
review of the faculty in five of the institution's Doctoral degree
programs be conducted by external consultants selected by Coordinating
Board staff in consultation with the institution and said review must
demonstrate that the faculty are comparable to and competitive with
faculty in similar programs at public institutions in the Association
of American Universities. Costs for the review shall be borne by the
institution. This review is only available if the institution has
already met or, as determined by Coordinating Board staff, is on track
to meet three of the other eligibility criteria listed in subparagraphs
(A) - (D) of this paragraph;
(F)(No change.)
The agency certifies that legal counsel
has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's
legal authority to
adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on July 12, 2019
TRD-201902204 Bill Franz
General Counsel
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Earliest possible date of adoption: August 25, 2019
For further information, please call: (512) 427-6104
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