82R9039 KEL-D
By: Miles H.B. No. 2201
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic
teaching institutions to certain undergraduate students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.016. FIXED TUITION RATE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
AT GENERAL ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board.
(2) "General academic teaching institution" has the
meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and
except as otherwise provided by this section, for a semester or
other academic term, the governing board of a general academic
teaching institution may not charge tuition to an undergraduate
student at a rate that exceeds the rate the institution charged to
the student during the first semester or other academic term that
the student enrolled at the institution if the student is currently
and at all times while enrolled at the institution has been a
resident of this state for purposes of Subchapter B or was otherwise
entitled to pay tuition at the rate provided for residents of this
state.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a student after the
fifth anniversary of the date the student first enrolls at any
public institution of higher education, regardless of whether the
student transfers among any public or private institutions of
higher education after the initial enrollment.
(d) Each general academic teaching institution shall notify
each entering undergraduate student, including each undergraduate
student who transfers to the institution, of the eligibility
requirements for a fixed tuition rate under this section.
(e) In consultation with the general academic teaching
institutions, the coordinating board shall adopt any rules the
coordinating board considers appropriate for the administration of
this section.
(f) This section does not apply to a student who enters a
general academic teaching institution for the first time before the
2011 fall semester. This subsection expires January 1, 2018.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.