Bill Text: TX SB331 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the temporary approval of a private or independent college or university to continue to participate in the tuition equalization grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB331 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB331-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the temporary approval of a private or independent college or university to continue to participate in the tuition equalization grant program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB331 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB331-Introduced.html
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relating to the temporary approval of a private or independent | ||
college or university to continue to participate in the tuition | ||
equalization grant program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.222, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.222. APPROVED INSTITUTIONS. (a) The coordinating | ||
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determined by the board. | ||
(b) The coordinating board may temporarily approve a | ||
private or independent college or university [ |
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for approval as a private or independent institution of higher | ||
education under Subsection (a)(1) [ |
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longer holds the [ |
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61.003(15)(C) if the college or university is [ |
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(1) accredited by an accreditor recognized by the | ||
board; | ||
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(3) participating in the federal financial aid program | ||
under 20 U.S.C. Section 1070a; and | ||
(4) a "part B institution" as defined by 20 U.S.C. | ||
Section 1061(2) and listed in 34 C.F.R. Section 608.2. | ||
(c) The coordinating board may grant temporary approval for | ||
a period of two years and may renew the approval twice [ |
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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. |