Bill Text: TX SB646 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB646 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB646-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 646 |
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relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students | ||
enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (n-1) to read as follows: | ||
(n-1) In the formula applicable to Lamar State | ||
College--Orange for funding instruction and administration, the | ||
board shall include any contact hours taught through distance | ||
education to students enrolled at that college who reside in | ||
another state and: | ||
(1) as permitted by Section 54.231(a), pay tuition at | ||
the rate charged to residents of this state; and | ||
(2) reside in a county or parish in the other state | ||
that is contiguous to the county in which the college is located. | ||
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, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 646 passed the Senate on | ||
April 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 646 passed the House on | ||
May 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 21, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |