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Associated Press
2/27/13
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas lawmakers are working on a proposal to tie higher
education funding to completion rates at state universities.
House Higher Education Committee Chairman Dan Branch will give details of
his plan in a news conference on Wednesday.
Under current policy, much of the funding for colleges is based on
enrollment figures. Branch, who's a Dallas Republican, has filed legislation to
link more appropriations with measures of student success.
The state Higher Education Coordinating Board says college enrollment has
increased by more than half a million students statewide since 2000. But an
advocacy group called Complete College America says college completion rates
have changed little since 1970.
The Legislature cut $1 billion in higher education funding during the last
session in 2011.