Bill Text: TX SB1723 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their spouses and dependent children for under-enrolled undergraduate classes at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-18 - No action taken in committee [SB1723 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1723-Introduced.html
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1723 | |
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relating to tuition and fee exemptions for certain military | ||
personnel and their spouses and dependent children for | ||
under-enrolled undergraduate classes at public institutions of | ||
higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 54, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 54.2032 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 54.2032. MILITARY, SPOUSES, AND CHILDREN: | ||
UNDER-ENROLLED CLASSES. (a) In this section, "dependent child" | ||
has the meaning assigned by Section 54.209. | ||
(b) The governing board of an institution of higher | ||
education shall permit a person to enroll for course credit without | ||
payment of tuition in an undergraduate class offered by the | ||
institution, for which the maximum enrollment established for the | ||
class has not been met if the person: | ||
(1) is classified as a resident of this state under | ||
Subchapter B; | ||
(2) is a member or veteran of the Texas Military Forces | ||
or is the spouse or dependent child of such a person; and | ||
(3) satisfies other criteria established by this | ||
section. | ||
(c) A person who has not been admitted as a regular student | ||
of the institution must meet the minimum academic criteria for | ||
admission to the institution at which the under-enrolled class is | ||
offered to enroll in the class under this section. A person must | ||
meet the minimum prerequisites and other enrollment criteria for | ||
the class to enroll in the class under this section. | ||
(d) This section does not apply to a person who at the time | ||
of registration is: | ||
(1) eligible for a tuition and fee exemption under | ||
Section 54.203; or | ||
(2) entitled to receive educational benefits for | ||
veterans under federal law that may be used for the payment of | ||
tuition. | ||
(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall | ||
adopt rules to provide for the efficient and uniform application of | ||
this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 54.2032, Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies beginning with the 2011 fall semester. | ||
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, 2011. |