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1	1	By: Gallegos S.B. No. 2267
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2009; March 31, 2009, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
4	4	April 29, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 3,
5	5	Nays 1; April 29, 2009, sent to printer.)
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8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to eligibility for an award through the Early High School
11	11	Graduation Scholarship program.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 56.203, Education Code, is amended by
14	14	amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (f) to read
15	15	as follows:
16	16	(a) To be eligible for an award through the Early High
17	17	School Graduation Scholarship program, a person must:
18	18	(1) have graduated from a public high school in this
19	19	state:
20	20	(A) in not more than 41 consecutive months and
21	21	successfully completed the recommended or advanced high school
22	22	program established under Section 28.025, if the person graduated
23	23	on or after September 1, 2005;
24	24	(B) in not more than 46 consecutive months, with
25	25	at least 30 hours of college credit, and successfully completed the
26	26	recommended or advanced high school program established under
27	27	Section 28.025, if the person graduated on or after September 1,
28	28	2005; or
29	29	(C) in not more than 36 consecutive months after
30	30	successfully completing the requirements for a high school diploma,
31	31	if the person graduated before September 1, 2005, regardless of
32	32	whether the person successfully completed the recommended or
33	33	advanced high school program established under Section 28.025;
34	34	(2) have attended one or more public high schools in
35	35	this state for the majority of time the person attended high school,
36	36	except as provided by Subsection (f); and
37	37	(3) except as provided by Subsection (f), be a citizen
38	38	of the United States or otherwise lawfully authorized to be present
39	39	in the United States.
40	40	(e) The coordinating board shall adopt rules for
41	41	determining whether a person attended public high school in this
42	42	state as required by Subsection (a)(2) and for determining under
43	43	Subsection (f)(2) whether a person attended a high school other
44	44	than a public high school in this state primarily because of the
45	45	migratory agricultural or fishing work of the person, the person's
46	46	parent, or the person's spouse. The coordinating board may adopt
47	47	other rules the board considers necessary for the administration of
48	48	Subsection (f).
49	49	(f) A person described by Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B) who is
50	50	otherwise eligible for an award and who is a migratory child, as
51	51	defined by 20 U.S.C. Section 6399, is eligible for an award through
52	52	the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program despite the
53	53	student's inability to satisfy Subsection (a)(2) or (3) if:
54	54	(1) the person graduates from a public high school in
55	55	this state; and
56	56	(2) the person attended one or more high schools,
57	57	other than a public high school in this state, for one or more
58	58	periods primarily because of the migratory agricultural or fishing
59	59	work of the person, the person's parent, or the person's spouse, and
60	60	the person would have satisfied Subsection (a)(2) if the person had
61	61	attended a public high school in this state during that period or
62	62	those periods.
63	63	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
64	64	a student who graduates from a public high school in this state on
65	65	or after the effective date of this Act. A student who graduates
66	66	from a public high school in this state before the effective date of
67	67	this Act and the student's eligibility to participate in the Early
68	68	High School Graduation Scholarship program is governed by the law
69	69	in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
70	70	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
71	71	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
72	72	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
73	73	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
74	74	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
75	75	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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