Bill Text: TX HB2557 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to collection and reporting of certain information regarding tuition and fee exemptions granted by institutions of higher education to veterans and their family members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2557 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2557-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to collection and reporting of certain information regarding tuition and fee exemptions granted by institutions of higher education to veterans and their family members.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2557 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2557-Introduced.html
86R13025 MM-D | ||
By: Schaefer | H.B. No. 2557 |
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relating to information about certain veterans and their dependents | ||
reported by institutions of higher education to the Texas Veterans | ||
Commission. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 434.00791(b), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission shall ensure a system to electronically | ||
monitor the use of tuition and fee exemptions at institutions of | ||
higher education under Section 54.341, Education Code, is | ||
developed. The system must allow the commission to electronically | ||
receive, for each semester, the following information from | ||
institutions of higher education: | ||
(1) the name of the institution; | ||
(2) the name, identification number, and date of birth | ||
of each individual attending the institution and receiving benefits | ||
for the semester under Section 54.341, Education Code; | ||
(3) for each individual receiving benefits, the number | ||
of credit hours for which the individual received an exemption for | ||
the semester; | ||
(4) for each individual receiving benefits at the | ||
institution during the semester, the total cumulative number of | ||
credit hours for which the individual has received an exemption at | ||
the institution; [ |
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(5) in a manner that does not identify the individual | ||
receiving benefits, the length of service of each individual | ||
receiving benefits as indicated by official documentation from the | ||
United States Department of Defense; and | ||
(6) any other information required by the commission. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |