1. (a) An institution of higher education shall conduct a biennial data maturity assessment and submit the report of the assessment results in compliance with Texas Government Code § 2054.515.

2. (b) An institution of higher education's data maturity assessment shall include at least the below elements:

   1. (1) Data Architecture;
   2. (2) Data Analytics;
   3. (3) Data Governance and Standardization;
   4. (4) Data Management and Methodology;
   5. (5) Data Program Management and Change Control;
   6. (6) Data Quality;
   7. (7) Data Security and Privacy;
   8. (8) Data Strategy and Roadmap;
   9. (9) Master Data Management;
   10. (10) Metadata Management; and
   11. (11) Texas Open Data Portal.
3. (c) Institutions of higher education shall complete their data maturity assessment through the method prescribed by the department.
4. (d) The data maturity assessment completed pursuant to this subsection addresses the requirement to review an institution of higher education's data governance program found at Texas Government Code § 2054.515.

Source Note:The provisions of this §218.20 adopted to be effective November 16, 2023, 48 TexReg 6581; amended to be effective March 18, 2026, 51 TexReg 1609.