Bill Text: TX SB459 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to early registration for parenting students at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 32-6)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB459 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB459-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 459 | ||
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| relating to early registration for parenting students at public | ||
| institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.983 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.983. EARLY REGISTRATION FOR PARENTING STUDENTS. | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (2) "Parenting student" means a student enrolled at an | ||
| institution of higher education who is the parent or legal guardian | ||
| of a child under 18 years of age. | ||
| (b) If an institution of higher education provides early | ||
| registration for courses or programs at the institution for any | ||
| group of students, the institution shall provide early registration | ||
| for those courses or programs for parenting students in the same | ||
| manner. | ||
| (c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in | ||
| consultation with institutions of higher education, shall adopt | ||
| rules as necessary to administer this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.983, Education Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, applies beginning with registration for a course or program | ||
| for the 2024 spring semester. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 459 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 4, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 459 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 6, | ||
| one present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
