Bill Text: TX HB3396 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishing a pilot project to offer student loans for certain courses offered by a public junior college.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3396 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3396-Introduced.html
| 85R12265 JRJ-D | ||
| By: Romero, Jr. | H.B. No. 3396 | |
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| relating to establishing a pilot project to offer student loans for | ||
| certain courses offered by a public junior college. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 130.0037 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 130.0037. PILOT PROJECT: STUDENT LOANS FOR CONTINUING | ||
| EDUCATION COURSES. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating | ||
| Board shall establish a pilot project to measure the impact of | ||
| providing student loans for continuing education courses not | ||
| designed to lead to a degree, license, or certification in order to | ||
| promote greater access to higher education and more efficient use | ||
| of junior college facilities and resources. The coordinating board | ||
| shall select the Tarrant County Junior College District to | ||
| participate in the pilot project. | ||
| (b) The governing board of the Tarrant County Junior College | ||
| District may establish and offer, from local funds available to the | ||
| district, a student loan program for students pursuing a continuing | ||
| education program not designed to lead to a degree, license, or | ||
| certification. | ||
| (c) A student loan offered under this section may not be | ||
| used to pay for courses subject to a performance funding formula | ||
| established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under | ||
| Section 51.3062(m). | ||
| (d) Not later than September 1, 2020, the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board shall report its findings on the | ||
| effectiveness of the student loan program and any recommendation | ||
| regarding extending the program to other junior college districts | ||
| to the committees of each house of the legislature with | ||
| jurisdiction over higher education. This subsection expires | ||
| September 1, 2021. | ||
| 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. | ||
