By: Hochberg H.B. No. 4244
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to resident tuition for competitive scholarship
recipients.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.064, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A student who holds a competitive scholarship of at
least $1,000 for the academic year or summer for which the student
is enrolled and who is either a nonresident or a citizen of a
country other than the United States of America is entitled may be
allowed by the institution to pay the fees and charges required of
Texas residents without regard to the length of time the student has
resided in Texas. The student must compete with other students,
including Texas residents, for the scholarship and the scholarship
must be awarded by a scholarship committee officially recognized by
the administration and be approved by the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board under criteria developed by the board.
(b) The total number of students at an institution paying
resident tuition under this section for a particular semester may
not exceed five percent of the total number of students registered
at the institution for the same semester of the preceding academic
year.
(c) A student who received resident tuition under this
section in the 2009-2010 academic year is entitled to continue to
pay resident tuition under this section as it existed on January 1,
2009, as long as the student remains enrolled in the same
certificate or degree program. This subsection expires August 1,
2014.
SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2009.