2023 Compliance Report

The university’s HB 2504 website is accessible by two links from the university’s home page. The website provides useful information and demonstrates the university's commitment to accountability, transparency and open communication with students, parents, legislators, the public, and all stakeholders. On this site, users easily find:

1. For each undergraduate classroom course offered for credit by the institution, a syllabus and a curriculum vitae for the instructor of record;
2. For each academic department, a departmental budget report;
3. For work-study employment opportunities, a link to current job openings; and
4. Summarized end-of-course student evaluations of faculty for each undergraduate classroom course.

The faculty and academic departments at Texas State are committed to the HB 2504 effort and take great strides to ensure 100 percent completion of the required materials. The university's compliance rate is 100 percent, as measured by the percentage of course syllabi and curriculum vitae available by the end of each semester.  Student evaluations are posted to the website within four to six weeks after each semester.

Instructors of record are responsible for developing course syllabi. The university requires consistent elements in each syllabus, which mirrors the legislatively mandated information, including a brief description of each major course requirement that also contains each major assignment and examination, learning objectives, required/recommended reading, and a general description of the subject matter of each lecture or discussion. Syllabi are uploaded to the HB 2504 website through a simple file transfer protocol (FTP) process, typically managed by faculty members or administrative assistants. Syllabi must be uploaded by the seventh day after the first day of classes for the semester or other academic term during which the course is offered. Public access is available by clicking on the instructor’s last name (for example, click R for Professor Rodriguez’s course) or department/course prefix associated with the instructor’s course (for example, click MATH for Department of Mathematics). Course syllabi may also be accessed by clicking the appropriate prefix for the course or department of interest (for example, click ENG for English courses).

Texas State maintains curriculum vitae for faculty members as a part of the ongoing process for satisfying requirements of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). The university requires a consistent format for faculty curriculum vitae, which includes legislatively mandated information on the institutions of higher education attended and degrees earned, all previous teaching positions, and significant professional publications relevant to academic positions held. A database of faculty curriculum vitae is linked to the university’s HB 2504 website. Faculty members with undergraduate classroom courses receive annual notices to update curriculum vitae information. Curriculum vitae for newly hired instructors teaching undergraduate classroom courses are added at the beginning of the semester. Public access is available by clicking on the instructor’s last name or department/course prefix associated with the instructor’s course(s). The curriculum vitae of each instructor of record for an undergraduate classroom course is required to be posted each semester not later than the seventh day after the first day of classes for the semester or other academic term during which the course is offered.

Individual departmental budget reports are posted on the university’s HB 2504 website. This document is updated at the beginning of each academic year and is published online.

In addition, the university’s HB 2504 website also links to the university’s annual operating budget reports.

Texas State publishes and continuously updates an online list of work-study employment opportunities on the following website page.

In addition to the evaluation measures already in place in departments and colleges, Texas State administers an electronic end-of-course student evaluation system for all undergraduate classroom courses. Using a broad-based approach, a committee led by Texas State’s Faculty Senate developed common end-of-course student evaluation items for all undergraduate courses. Following a review period that included two public forums, the committee finalized the following items for the Student Perceptions of Instruction (SPI) measure:

1. The instructor communicated effectively.
2. The course was organized effectively.
3. The course goals were made clear.
4. The instructor conducted class as scheduled.
5. The instructor provided opportunity to learn.

  Summary results of the SPI evaluations are made publicly available on Texas State’s HB 2504 website approximately four to six weeks after the end of each semester. As with other website elements, the results are easily searchable and accessible by instructor name and course number/title. 

Texas State’s HB 2504 website has the following characteristics and features:

1. accessible from the institution's Internet website home page by use of not more than three links;
2. searchable by keywords and phrases;
3. accessible to the public without requiring registration or use of a user name, a password, or another user identification; 
4. updated each semester not later than the seventh day after the first day of classes for the semester or other academic term during which the course is offered; and
5. make the information available until at least the second anniversary of the date on which the institution initially posted the information.     

Dr. Vedaraman Sriraman, Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Success, is the institution’s administrator responsible for implementing provisions of HB 2504.  The Vice Provost for Academic Innovation and Success is responsible for continuing oversight of the reporting system, ensuring participation and support, and submitting a compliance report not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, with the sixth report due January 1, 2023. Information on deadlines, plans for modifications, and other updates originate from the Vice Provost for Innovation and Success and are communicated to deans, department chairs, and faculty. Inquiries regarding Texas State’s HB 2504 website and compliance plans may be sent to hb2504@txstate.edu.