Bill Text: TX HB3375 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a public junior college district to exempt from the payment of tuition and fees certain students enrolled concurrently in certain training programs and adult education courses.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-19 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3375 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3375-Introduced.html
| 83R2068 JRJ-D | ||
| By: Turner of Harris | H.B. No. 3375 | |
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| relating to authorizing a public junior college district to exempt | ||
| from the payment of tuition and fees certain students enrolled | ||
| concurrently in certain training programs and adult education | ||
| courses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 130.0901 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 130.0901. EXEMPTION FROM TUITION AND FEES FOR CERTAIN | ||
| ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAM STUDENTS. (a) The governing board of a | ||
| junior college district may exempt from the payment of all or a part | ||
| of the tuition and fees charged by the junior college district a | ||
| student who: | ||
| (1) is enrolled in a training program offered by the | ||
| junior college district leading to a degree or industry | ||
| certification in a high-skill and high-growth occupation as | ||
| identified by the applicable local workforce development board; | ||
| (2) at the time the student enters the training | ||
| program, has not obtained a high school diploma or its equivalent; | ||
| (3) is enrolled in a contextualized adult education | ||
| course under Subchapter H, Chapter 29, that provides training | ||
| related to the training program and is simultaneously operated by | ||
| or affiliated by agreement with the junior college district; | ||
| (4) remains continuously enrolled in and regularly | ||
| meets the established proficiency criteria for the training program | ||
| and the adult education course described by Subdivision (3); | ||
| (5) maintains acceptable overall performance and | ||
| attendance as determined by the governing board for purposes of | ||
| this section; and | ||
| (6) is eligible for legal employment in the United | ||
| States. | ||
| (b) The governing board of a junior college district may not | ||
| exempt a student from the payment of tuition and fees under this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) for more than 18 semester credit hours or the | ||
| equivalent; | ||
| (2) after the first anniversary of the date of the | ||
| student's entry into the training program; or | ||
| (3) after the student's completion of or withdrawal | ||
| from the training program. | ||
| (c) The grant of an exemption from tuition and fees under | ||
| Subsection (a) does not affect the right of a junior college to a | ||
| proportionate share of state appropriations under Section 130.003 | ||
| attributable to the contact hours of the junior college with the | ||
| student receiving the exemption. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
| beginning with the 2013-2014 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, 2013. | ||
