Bill Text: TX HB2279 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to certain requirements for a public institution of higher education policy requiring students to reside on campus.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-10 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2279 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2279-Comm_Sub.html
| 87R286 KJE-D | ||
| By: Middleton, Huberty | H.B. No. 2279 | |
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| relating to certain requirements for a public institution of higher | ||
| education policy requiring students to reside on campus. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.979 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.979. POLICY REQUIRING STUDENTS TO RESIDE ON CAMPUS. | ||
| (a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (b) If an institution of higher education adopts a policy | ||
| requiring a student to reside for any period of time on the | ||
| institution's campus, the policy must: | ||
| (1) allow a student to qualify for an exemption from | ||
| that requirement on demonstration that: | ||
| (A) the cost for the student to reside off campus | ||
| is less than the cost to reside on campus during that period; and | ||
| (B) the student is unable to afford the cost to | ||
| reside on campus without incurring debt; and | ||
| (2) prescribe the procedure and documentation | ||
| required for a student to demonstrate qualification for the | ||
| exemption. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
| academic year. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
