Bill Text: TX SB2347 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to eliminating resident tuition rates and fees charged to students residing outside of a junior college district.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Higher Education [SB2347 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2347-Introduced.html
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By: Creighton | S.B. No. 2347 |
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relating to eliminating resident tuition rates and fees charged to | ||
students residing outside of a junior college district. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 130.0032(a) and (c), Education Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The governing board of a junior college district may not | ||
charge tuition and fees to a student who resides outside the | ||
district at a rate that is less than or the same as the rate of | ||
tuition and fees charged to a student who resides in the district | ||
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(c) The governing board of a public junior college district | ||
may allow a person who resides outside the district to pay tuition | ||
and fees at a rate less than the rate applicable to other persons | ||
residing outside the district, but higher [ |
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applicable to a student who resides in the district, if the person: | ||
(1) resides within the service area of the district; | ||
(2) does not reside in an independent school district | ||
that meets the criteria of the coordinating board for the | ||
establishment of a junior college district under Section 130.013; | ||
and | ||
(3) demonstrates financial need in accordance with | ||
rules adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 130.0032(b) and (b-1), Education Code, | ||
are repealed. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
130.0032, Education Code, applies beginning with tuition and fees | ||
charged by a junior college district for the 2020-2021 academic | ||
year. Tuition and fees for a semester or term before that academic | ||
year are covered by the law in effect immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |