Bill Text: TX HB2236 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-11 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2236 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2236-Introduced.html
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By: Isaac | H.B. No. 2236 |
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relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military | ||
personnel and their dependents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 54.341, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (c), (d), and (l) and adding Subsection (o) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) A person may not receive exemptions provided for by this | ||
section for more than a cumulative total of 120 [ |
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(d) The governing board of each institution of higher | ||
education granting an exemption under this section shall require | ||
each applicant claiming the exemption to submit to the institution | ||
an application for the exemption and satisfactory evidence that the | ||
applicant qualifies for the exemption not later than the 12th class | ||
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(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; and | ||
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(o) To receive an exemption provided by this section, a | ||
person otherwise eligible for the exemption must: | ||
(1) meet the satisfactory academic progress | ||
requirements for federal student financial aid for the institution | ||
in which the person is enrolled; or | ||
(2) be granted an exemption from those requirements in | ||
the manner permitted under the federal satisfactory academic | ||
progress policy. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 54.341(h), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(h) The governing board of each institution of higher | ||
education shall electronically report to the Texas Higher Education | ||
Coordinating Board the information required by Section 61.0516 | ||
relating to each individual receiving an exemption from fees and | ||
charges under Subsection (a), (a-2), or (b). The institution shall | ||
report the information not later than December 31 of each year for | ||
the fall semester, May 31 of each year for the spring semester, and | ||
September 30 of each year for the summer session. The coordinating | ||
board shall at least annually evaluate the information reported | ||
under this subsection to ensure that a person receiving an | ||
exemption under this section is in compliance with Subsection (c). | ||
SECTION 3. Section 9.01(b)(4), Chapter 1049 (S.B. 5), Acts | ||
of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, which would repeal | ||
Section 54.203(h), Education Code, effective September 1, 2013, is | ||
repealed and does not take effect, and Section 54.341(h), Education | ||
Code, which was redesignated from Section 54.203(h), Education | ||
Code, by Chapter 359 (S.B. 32), Acts of the 82nd Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2011, remains in effect as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
beginning with tuition and fees for the 2013 fall semester. Tuition | ||
and fees for a term or semester before the 2013 fall semester are | ||
covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date | ||
of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |