Bill Text: TX HB4106 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eligibility for a TEXAS Grant and to administration of the TEXAS grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-19 - No action taken in committee [HB4106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4106-Introduced.html
| By: Morrison | H.B. No. 4106 | |
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| relating to eligibility for a TEXAS Grant and to administration of | ||
| the TEXAS grant program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 56.304, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) A person may not receive a TEXAS grant for more than the | ||
| greater of: | ||
| (1) 135 [ |
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| (2) 15 semester credit hours or the equivalent in | ||
| excess of the degree requirements of the degree the person is | ||
| seeking. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 56.305, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (e-2) For purposes of this section, a person who is | ||
| initially awarded a TEXAS grant during or after the 2017 fall | ||
| semester makes satisfactory academic progress toward an | ||
| undergraduate degree or certificate only if: | ||
| (1) in the person's first academic year the person | ||
| meets the satisfactory academic progress requirements of the | ||
| institution at which the person is enrolled; and | ||
| (2) in a subsequent academic year, the person: | ||
| (A) completed at least 30 semester credit hours | ||
| in the student's most recent academic year; and | ||
| (B) has earned an overall grade point average of | ||
| at least 2.5 on a four-point scale or the equivalent on coursework | ||
| previously attempted at institutions of higher education. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 56.307, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (f) and subsection (j) to read as follows: | ||
| (f) The amount of a TEXAS grant may not be reduced by any | ||
| gift aid for which the person receiving the grant is eligible, other | ||
| than a federal Pell Grant, unless the total amount of a person's | ||
| grant plus any gift aid received exceeds the student's financial | ||
| need. | ||
| (j) A public institution of higher education shall use other | ||
| available sources of financial aid, other than a loan or | ||
| participation in a work-study program, to cover any difference in | ||
| the amount of a TEXAS grant awarded to the student and the actual | ||
| amount of tuition and required fees at the institution if the | ||
| difference results from: | ||
| (1) a reduction in the amount of a TEXAS grant under | ||
| Subsection (i-1); or | ||
| (2) a deficiency in the amount of the grant as | ||
| established under Subsection (a) or (e), as applicable, to cover | ||
| the full amount of tuition and required fees charged to the student | ||
| by the institution. | ||
| SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies to | ||
| individuals whose initial Texas grant is awarded for the 2018 fall | ||
| semester or later. Recipients whose initial TEXAS grant was awarded | ||
| for a semester or term before the 2018 fall semester are governed by | ||
| the applicable law in effect prior to the 2018 fall semester, 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 September 1, 2017. | ||
