Texas 2009 81st Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1798 Introduced / Bill

Filed 02/01/2025

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                    81R9285 KEL-F
 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1798


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to certifying the eligibility of certain educational aides
 to receive an exemption from tuition and fees charged by public
 institutions of higher education.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1. Section 54.214(d), Education Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (d) The institution of higher education at which a person
 seeking an exemption under this section is enrolled [coordinating
 board] must certify the [a] person's eligibility to receive the
 [an] exemption [under this section]. As soon as practicable after
 receiving an application for certification, the institution
 [coordinating board] shall make the determination of eligibility
 and give notice of its determination to the applicant[, the
 institution of higher education at which the applicant is
 enrolled,] and to the school district employing the applicant
 [person] as an educational aide.
 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
 54.214, Education Code, applies to an exemption from tuition and
 fees granted under that section beginning with the 2009 fall
 semester.
 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.