Bill Text: TX SB439 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the appointment by certain elected officials of students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to Higher Education [SB439 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB439-Introduced.html
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By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 439 |
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relating to the appointment by certain elected officials of | ||
students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.9772, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(b) In each year, the governor and the lieutenant governor | ||
may each appoint two students and each state senator and each state | ||
representative may appoint one student to receive an initial | ||
scholarship under this subchapter. The board by rule shall | ||
establish a process so that for each appointment under this section | ||
the appointing officer may submit the name of an alternate student | ||
for the scholarship. | ||
(c) For a student to continue to receive a scholarship | ||
awarded under this subchapter, the student must maintain | ||
satisfactory academic progress as determined by the board | ||
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(d) If an eligible alternate student is submitted to the | ||
board under Subsection (b) and the board determines a student | ||
appointed under Subsection (b) to receive an initial scholarship | ||
fails to maintain eligibility or otherwise meet the requirements to | ||
continue receiving the scholarship, beginning with the academic | ||
year following the determination the board shall award the | ||
remaining term of the initial scholarship to the corresponding | ||
alternate student submitted to the board by the appointing officer | ||
under Subsection (b). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |