Bill Text: TX SB1394 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to eliminating certain restrictions on eligibility for certain state student financial assistance programs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-18 - Referred to Higher Education [SB1394 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1394-Introduced.html
  87R8682 KJE-D
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1394
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to eliminating certain restrictions on eligibility for
  certain state student financial assistance programs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 54.633(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A scholarship awarded under this section terminates if
  the student to whom the scholarship is awarded is[:
               [(1)  convicted of, or adjudicated as having engaged in
  delinquent conduct constituting, an offense under Chapter 481,
  Health and Safety Code; or
               [(2)]  convicted of, or adjudicated as having engaged
  in delinquent conduct constituting, a felony or Class A
  misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  Section 56.304(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A person is not eligible to receive a TEXAS grant if the
  person has been convicted of a felony [or an offense under Chapter
  481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act), or
  under the law of another jurisdiction involving a controlled
  substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code],
  unless the person has met the other applicable eligibility
  requirements under this subchapter and has:
               (1)  received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
  completed a period of probation ordered by a court, and at least two
  years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
               (2)  been pardoned, had the record of the offense
  expunged from the person's record, or otherwise has been released
  from the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 3.  Section 56.305(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A person is not eligible to continue to receive a TEXAS
  grant under this section if the person has been convicted of a
  felony [or an offense under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code
  (Texas Controlled Substances Act), or under the law of another
  jurisdiction involving a controlled substance as defined by Chapter
  481, Health and Safety Code], unless the person has met the other
  applicable eligibility requirements under this subchapter and has:
               (1)  received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
  completed a period of probation ordered by a court, and at least two
  years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
               (2)  been pardoned, had the record of the offense
  expunged from the person's record, or otherwise has been released
  from the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 4.  Section 56.357(c), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A person is not eligible to receive a grant under the
  program if the person has been convicted of a felony [or an offense
  under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled
  Substances Act), or under the law of another jurisdiction involving
  a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and
  Safety Code], unless the person has met the other applicable
  eligibility requirements under this section and has:
               (1)  received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
  completed a period of probation ordered by a court, and at least two
  years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
               (2)  been pardoned, had the record of the offense
  expunged from the person's record, or otherwise has been released
  from the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under the
  program.
         SECTION 5.  Section 56.404(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A person is not eligible to receive a grant under this
  subchapter if the person has been convicted of a felony [or an
  offense under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled
  Substances Act), or under the law of another jurisdiction involving
  a controlled substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety
  Code], unless the person has met the other applicable eligibility
  requirements under this subchapter and has:
               (1)  received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
  completed a period of probation ordered by a court and at least two
  years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
               (2)  been pardoned, had the record of the offense
  expunged from the person's record, or otherwise been released from
  the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 6.  Section 56.405(b), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A person is not eligible to continue to receive a grant
  under this section if the person has been convicted of a felony [or
  an offense under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas
  Controlled Substances Act), or under the law of another
  jurisdiction involving a controlled substance as defined by Chapter
  481, Health and Safety Code], unless the person has met the other
  applicable eligibility requirements under this subchapter and has:
               (1)  received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
  completed a period of probation ordered by a court and at least two
  years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
               (2)  been pardoned, had the record of the offense
  expunged from the person's record, or otherwise been released from
  the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 7.  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, 2021.
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