Bill Text: TX HB2674 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the agreement requirements for receiving a scholarship under the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2674 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2674-Introduced.html
| 87R8268 KSD-D | ||
| By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2674 | |
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| relating to the agreement requirements for receiving a scholarship | ||
| under the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 61.9773, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) An agreement under this section must allow a student, | ||
| on completion of an undergraduate degree program and before | ||
| entering into a commitment or contract for military service | ||
| described by Subsection (a)(3), to complete a graduate or | ||
| postgraduate degree program at a public or private institution of | ||
| higher education in this state. The board shall adopt rules for the | ||
| administration of this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
| shall adopt rules for the administration of Section 61.9773(a-1), | ||
| Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after | ||
| this Act takes effect. | ||
| 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. | ||
