Bill Text: TX SB176 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to student eligibility for tuition rebates offered by general academic teaching institutions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB176 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB176-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 176 |
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relating to student eligibility for tuition rebates offered by | ||
general academic teaching institutions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 54.0065, Education Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A qualified student is eligible for a rebate of a | ||
portion of the undergraduate tuition the student has paid if the | ||
student: | ||
(1) is awarded a baccalaureate degree from a general | ||
academic teaching institution within the period prescribed by | ||
Section 56.462(1)(A) or (B), as applicable, to qualify for | ||
forgiveness of a Texas B-On-time loan; and | ||
(2) has attempted no more than three hours in excess of | ||
the minimum number of semester credit hours required to complete | ||
the degree program: | ||
(A) including: | ||
(i) transfer credits; and | ||
(ii) course credit earned exclusively by | ||
examination, except that, for purposes of this subsection, only the | ||
number of semester credit hours earned exclusively by examination | ||
in excess of nine semester credit hours is treated as hours | ||
attempted; and | ||
(B) excluding: | ||
(i) course credit that is earned to satisfy | ||
requirements for a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program | ||
but that is not required to complete the degree program; and | ||
(ii) course credit, other than course | ||
credit earned exclusively by examination, that is earned before | ||
graduating from high school. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a student who is awarded a baccalaureate degree from a general | ||
academic teaching institution on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 176 passed the Senate on | ||
March 17, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2011, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 176 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 20, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 149, | ||
Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |