81R11271 KSD-D
By: Miklos H.B. No. 4254
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limitations on the tuition rate charged to certain
transfer students at general academic teaching institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.0514 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.0514. LIMITATIONS ON TUITION RATE CHARGED TO
CERTAIN TRANSFER STUDENTS AT FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS. (a) In this
section:
(1) "General academic teaching institution," "public
junior college," "public technical institute," and "public state
college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
(2) "Tuition" includes:
(A) tuition for which the rates are prescribed by
this chapter; and
(B) tuition charged by an institution of higher
education under Section 54.0513 or another law authorizing an
institution to establish tuition rates.
(b) A four-year general academic teaching institution may
not charge a student who transferred to the institution from a
public junior college, public technical institute, or public state
college a tuition rate for a semester or other academic term that
exceeds the rate that the institution would have charged to a
similarly situated student for the semester or other academic term
in which the transfer student initially enrolled in the sending
institution.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a transfer student
after the later of:
(1) the third anniversary of the date the student
initially enrolled in the sending institution; or
(2) the first anniversary of the date the student was
awarded a two-year certificate or degree by the sending
institution.
(d) For purposes of this section, students are similarly
situated if they share the same residency status, degree program,
course load, course level, tuition exemption status, and other
circumstances affecting the tuition charged to the student.
(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt
rules as necessary to administer this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with tuition charged
by four-year general academic teaching institutions for the
2010-2011 academic year.
SECTION 3. 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.