Bill Text: TX HB928 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to assisting certain children who are in foster care in the process of applying to institutions of higher education.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective immediately [HB928 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB928-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 928 | ||
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| relating to assisting certain children who are in foster care in the | ||
| process of applying to institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 264.1211 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 264.1211. FACILITATION OF TRANSITION TO INSTITUTION OF | ||
| HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) In this section, "community resource | ||
| coordination group" means a coordination group established under a | ||
| memorandum of understanding under Section 531.055, Government | ||
| Code. | ||
| (b) A department employee who is a member of a community | ||
| resource coordination group shall inform the group about the | ||
| tuition and fee waivers for institutions of higher education that | ||
| are available to eligible children in foster care under Section | ||
| 54.366, Education Code. | ||
| (c) Each school district, in coordination with the | ||
| department, shall facilitate the transition of each child enrolled | ||
| in the district who is eligible for a tuition and fee waiver under | ||
| Section 54.366, Education Code, and who is likely to be in the | ||
| conservatorship of the department on the day preceding the child's | ||
| 18th birthday to an institution of higher education by: | ||
| (1) assisting the child with the completion of any | ||
| applications for admission or for financial aid; | ||
| (2) arranging and accompanying the child on campus | ||
| visits; | ||
| (3) assisting the child in researching and applying | ||
| for private or institution-sponsored scholarships; | ||
| (4) identifying whether the child is a candidate for | ||
| appointment to a military academy; | ||
| (5) assisting the child in registering and preparing | ||
| for college entrance examinations, including, subject to the | ||
| availability of funds, arranging for the payment of any examination | ||
| fees by the department; and | ||
| (6) coordinating contact between the child and a | ||
| liaison officer designated under Section 61.0908, Education Code, | ||
| for students who were formerly in the department's conservatorship. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 928 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 928 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
