Bill Text: TX HB68 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to free tuition for youth in foster care.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Higher Education [HB68 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB68-Introduced.html
| By: Talarico | H.B. No. 68 | |
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| relating to free tuition for youth in foster care. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sec. 54.366, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board shall notify students in the | ||
| conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services | ||
| and in grades 9-12 of the availability of an exemption from the | ||
| payment of tuition and fees as provided by this section. | ||
| (e) The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board shall develop a digital system that | ||
| automatically enrolls eligible students in the state college | ||
| tuition waiver program. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
