§ 17:3139.2 — Performance agreements; objectives

Louisiana § 17:3139.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 17: Credit Union Law

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§3139.2. Performance agreements; objectives
Any public postsecondary education institution, including professional schools, may
enter into an initial performance agreement with the Board of Regents in order to be granted
limited tuition autonomy and flexibility as provided in R.S. 17:3139.5(A) in exchange for
committing to meet established targets for the following performance objectives as
applicable to the institution as determined by the Board of Regents:
(1) Student success.
(a) Implement policies established by the institution's management board to achieve
cohort graduation rate and graduation productivity goals that are consistent with institutional
peers. For purposes of this Part, peer institutions shall mean those institutions as defined by
the Board of Regents in accordance with R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(e)(i).
(b) Increase the percentage of program completers at all levels each year.
(c) Develop partnerships with high schools to prepare students for postsecondary
education.
(d) Increase passage rates on licensure and certification exams and workforce
foundational skills.
(e) For the purposes of this Part, successful attainment of the student success
objectives shall be required for determination by the Board of Regents that an institution has
met the short-term targets of the performance agreement as provided in this Section. An
institution which has failed to meet its same-institution graduation rate, program completer,
and retention rate targets, as appropriate for the mission of the institution, shall not be
deemed by the Board of Regents to have met the requirements of its performance agreement
for the year.
(2) Articulation and transfer. (a) Phase in increased admission standards and other
necessary policies by the end of the 2012 Fiscal Year in order to increase student retention
and graduation rates. This Subparagraph does not require and the Board of Regents shall not
require as an element of a performance agreement the adoption of admission standards at
Grambling State University, Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College,
or Southern University at New Orleans that would prevent those institutions from admitting
students who require a single remedial course.
(b) Provide feedback to community colleges and technical college campuses on the
performance of associate degree recipients enrolled at the institution.
(c) Develop referral agreements with community colleges and technical college
campuses to redirect students who fail to qualify for admission into the institution.
(d) Demonstrate collaboration in implementing the articulation and transfer
requirements as provided in R.S. 17:3161 through 3169.
(3) Workforce and economic development.
(a) Eliminate academic program offerings that have low student completer rates as
identified by the Board of Regents or are not aligned with current or strategic workforce
needs of the state, region, or both as identified by Louisiana Works and Louisiana Economic
Development.
(b) Increase the use of technology for distance learning to expand educational
offerings.
(c) Increase research productivity especially in key economic development industries
and technology transfer at institutions to levels consistent with the institution's peers.
(d) To the extent that information can be obtained, demonstrate progress in
increasing the number of students placed in jobs and in increasing the performance of
associate degree recipients who transfer to institutions that offer academic undergraduate
degrees at the baccalaureate level or higher.
(4) Institutional efficiency and accountability. (a) Eliminate, except as otherwise
provided in this Subparagraph, remedial education course offerings and developmental study
programs unless such courses or programs cannot be offered at a community college in the
same geographic area. Grambling State University, Southern University and Agricultural
and Mechanical College, and Southern University at New Orleans shall be deemed to have
met this target if no student takes more than one remedial course. However, the Board of
Regents postsecondary education funding formula shall fund all remedial courses offered at
these institutions at the rate established for such courses offered by community and technical
colleges.
(b) Eliminate associate degree program offerings unless such programs cannot be
offered at a community college in the same geographic area or when the Board of Regents
has certified educational or workforce needs.
(c)(i) Upon entering the initial performance agreement, adhere to a schedule
established by the institution's management board to increase nonresident tuition amounts
that are not less than the average tuition amount charged to Louisiana residents attending
peer institutions in other Southern Regional Education Board states and monitor the impact
of such increases on the institution. However, for each public historically black college or
university, the nonresident tuition amounts shall not be less than the average tuition amount
charged to Louisiana residents attending public historically black colleges and universities
in other Southern Regional Education Board states.
(ii) The provisions of Item (i) of this Subparagraph are not applicable to a
performance agreement entered into by a historically black college or university after August
1, 2015; the amount of nonresident tuition and fees for undergraduate programs at each such
institution shall not be less than the average tuition and fee amounts charged to
undergraduate resident students at the same institution.
(d) Designate centers of excellence as defined by the Board of Regents which have
received a favorable academic assessment from the Board of Regents and have demonstrated
substantial progress toward meeting the following goals:
(i) Offering a specialized program that involves partnerships between the institution
and business and industry, national laboratories, research centers, and other institutions.
(ii) Aligning with current and strategic statewide and regional workforce needs as
identified by Louisiana Works and Louisiana Economic Development.
(iii) Having a high percentage of graduates or completers each year as compared to
the state average percentage of graduates and that of the institution's peers.
(iv) Having a high number of graduates or completers who enter productive careers
or continue their education in advanced degree programs, whether at the same or another
institution.
(v) Having a high level of research productivity and technology transfer.
(5) Each institution annually shall submit a report to the Board of Regents, which
shall publish the report on its website, the legislative auditor, the legislature, and the division
of administration containing certain organizational data, including but not limited to the
following:
(a) Number of students by classification.
(b) Number of instructional staff members.
(c) Average class student-to-instructor ratio.
(d) Average number of students per instructor.
(e) Number of non-instructional staff members in academic colleges and departments.
(f) Number of staff in administrative areas.
(g) The institution's organization chart containing all departments and personnel in
the institution down to the second level of the organization below the president, chancellor,
or equivalent position.
(h) Salaries of all personnel identified in Subparagraph (g) of this Paragraph and the
date, amount, and type of all increases in salary received since June 30, 2008.
(i) A cost performance analysis to include by institution:
(i) Total operating budget by function, amount, and percent of total, reported in a
manner consistent with the National Association of College and University Business Officers
guidelines.
(ii) Average yearly cost of attendance as reported to the United States Department
of Education.
(iii) Average time to degree for completion of academic programs at all levels.
(iv) Average cost per degree awarded by degree level.
(v) Average cost per non-completer by degree program entered.
(j) All expenditures of the institution for that year.
(k) Any additional data requested by the speaker of the House of Representatives or
the president of the Senate.
(6) Any additional performance objectives as determined by the Board of Regents.
(7) Any performance objectives defined in the formula funding performance model
adopted by the Board of Regents for Fiscal Year 2010-2011 shall be aligned with
performance objectives defined in this Section.

Legislative History

Acts 2010, No. 741, §1, eff. June 29, 2010; Acts 2011, No. 418, §1, eff. July 12, 2011; Acts 2015, No. 98, §1; Acts 2015, No. 100, §1, eff. June 19, 2015; Acts 2015, No. 359, §1, eff. June 29, 2015.