Bill Text: TX HB4490 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to educational benefits for eligible persons attending a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Higher Education [HB4490 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4490-Introduced.html
| By: Garcia | H.B. No. 4490 | |
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| Relating to educational benefits for eligible persons attending a | ||
| comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students | ||
| with intellectual disabilities | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section Sec. 54.001, Education Code, is amended | ||
| by adding subsection (3)to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Institution of higher education" has the same | ||
| meaning as is assigned to it by Section 61.003 of this code. | ||
| (2) "Governing board" has the same meaning as is | ||
| assigned to it by Section 61.003 of this code. | ||
| (3) "COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION AND POSTSECONDARY | ||
| PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES" has the same | ||
| meaning as in 20 U.S.C. § 1140. | ||
| SECTION 2. Sec. 54.341(1), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.341. VETERANS AND OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL; | ||
| DEPENDENTS; and STUDENTS WHO IS ADMITTED TO ATTEND AND ATTENDS A | ||
| COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION AND POSTSECONDARY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS | ||
| WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. | ||
| (l) To be eligible to receive an exemption under Subsection | ||
| (k), the child must: | ||
| (1) be a student who is classified as a resident under | ||
| Subchapter B when the child enrolls in an institution of higher | ||
| education; | ||
| (2) as a graduate or undergraduate student, maintain a | ||
| grade point average that satisfies the grade point average | ||
| requirement for making satisfactory academic progress in a degree, | ||
| certificate, or continuing education program as determined by the | ||
| institution at which the child is enrolled in accordance with the | ||
| institution's policy regarding eligibility for financial aid; or | ||
| any student who is admitted to attend and attends a comprehensive | ||
| transition and postsecondary program for students with | ||
| intellectual disabilities; | ||
| (3) be 25 years of age or younger on the first day of | ||
| the semester or other academic term for which the exemption is | ||
| claimed. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
