Amendment H-8014 to HF 2547
Relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to career academies, the collective statewide articulation agreement between community colleges and the state board of regents, the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program, and individual career and academic plans, and by requiring the state board of regents to submit a report related to establishing a performance-based funding model for the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents
Adopted · February 24, 2026Vote: 61 yeas, 29 nays
Filed February 19, 2026 in the House by
What it changes
- Page 5, after line 16 by inserting: “Sec. ___. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS —— PERFORMANCE-BASED FUNDING MODEL —— REPORT. The state board of regents shall, on or before the November 2026 meeting of the state board of regents, submit a report to the general assembly and to the governor that describes how the state board of regents could establish a performance-based funding model for the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents. The performance-based funding model must include, at a minimum, all of the following factors:
- Graduation rates.
- The number of degrees awarded in areas corresponding to high-demand jobs in this state.
- Post-graduation employment rates.
- Post-graduation income.
- The number of graduates who remain in this state after graduation.”
- Title page, line 1, by striking “career”
- Title page, line 6, after “plans” by inserting “, and by requiring the state board of regents to submit a report related to establishing a performance-based funding model for the institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents”
- By renumbering as necessary.