Bill Text: TX HB1836 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to limitations on the amount of tuition charged by certain public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1836 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1836-Introduced.html
| 85R9867 KSD-D | ||
| By: Muñoz, Jr. | H.B. No. 1836 | |
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| relating to limitations on the amount of tuition charged by certain | ||
| public institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 54.0514 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.0514. LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF TUITION. (a) | ||
| In this section: | ||
| (1) "General academic teaching institution" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (2) "Tuition" includes: | ||
| (A) tuition for which the rates are prescribed by | ||
| this chapter; and | ||
| (B) tuition charged by a general academic | ||
| teaching institution under Section 54.0513 or another law | ||
| authorizing an institution to establish tuition rates. | ||
| (a-1) Notwithstanding Section 54.0513 or another law | ||
| authorizing an institution to establish tuition rates, the total | ||
| amount of tuition charged by a general academic teaching | ||
| institution to a student for the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, | ||
| or 2021-2022 academic year may not exceed the total amount of | ||
| tuition that the institution would have charged under this chapter | ||
| to a similarly situated student for the 2016-2017 academic year. | ||
| This subsection expires August 31, 2022. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 54.0513 or another law | ||
| authorizing an institution to establish tuition rates, the total | ||
| amount of tuition charged by a general academic teaching | ||
| institution to a student for the 2022-2023 academic year or a | ||
| subsequent academic year may not exceed the total amount of tuition | ||
| that the institution would have charged under this chapter to a | ||
| similarly situated student for the 2016-2017 academic year by more | ||
| than 65 percent. | ||
| (c) For purposes of this section, students are similarly | ||
| situated if they share the same residency status, degree program, | ||
| course load, course level, tuition exemption status, and other | ||
| circumstances affecting the tuition charged to the student. | ||
| (d) This section does not ensure that the total amount of | ||
| tuition charged to an individual student does not increase based on | ||
| a change in the student's residency status, degree program, course | ||
| load, course level, tuition exemption status, or other circumstance | ||
| affecting the tuition charged to the student. | ||
| (e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt | ||
| rules as necessary to administer this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
