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1	1	82R4212 JRJ-D
2	2	By: Hochberg H.B. No. 3624
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the eligibility of educational aides for tuition
8	8	exemptions at public institutions of higher education.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 54.214(c), (f), and (g), Education
11	11	Code, are amended to read as follows:
12	12	(c) To be eligible for an exemption under this section, a
13	13	person must:
14	14	(1) be a resident of this state;
15	15	(2) be a school employee serving in any capacity;
16	16	(3) for the initial term or semester for which the
17	17	person receives an exemption under this section, have worked as an
18	18	educational aide for at least one school year during the five years
19	19	preceding that term or semester;
20	20	(4) establish financial need as determined by
21	21	coordinating board rule;
22	22	(5) be enrolled at the institution of higher education
23	23	granting the exemption in courses required for teacher
24	24	certification in one or more subject areas determined by the Texas
25	25	Education Agency to be experiencing a critical shortage of teachers
26	26	at the public schools in this state [at the institution of higher
27	27	education granting the exemption];
28	28	(6) maintain an acceptable grade point average as
29	29	determined by coordinating board rule; and
30	30	(7) comply with any other requirements adopted by the
31	31	coordinating board under this section.
32	32	(f) The board of trustees of a school district shall
33	33	establish a plan to encourage the hiring of educational aides who
34	34	show a willingness to become certified teachers in one or more
35	35	subject areas determined by the Texas Education Agency to be
36	36	experiencing a critical shortage of teachers at the public schools
37	37	in this state.
38	38	(g) The governing board of an institution of higher
39	39	education that offers courses required for teacher certification in
40	40	one or more subject areas determined by the Texas Education Agency
41	41	to be experiencing a critical shortage of teachers at the public
42	42	schools in this state shall establish a plan to make those courses
43	43	more accessible to those who seek teacher certification. The board
44	44	shall consider as part of its plan to make those courses more
45	45	accessible for teacher certification, evening classes, Internet
46	46	classes, or other means approved by the Texas Higher Education
47	47	Coordinating Board.
48	48	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
49	49	beginning with tuition and fees charged for the 2011 fall semester.
50	50	Tuition and fees charged for a term or semester before the 2011 fall
51	51	semester are covered by the law in effect immediately before the
52	52	effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
53	53	effect for that purpose.
54	54	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	55	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	56	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	57	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	58	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.