82R7105 KYF-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 851
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a uniform deadline for student financial assistance for
public institutions of higher education other than public junior
colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 56.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 56.007. PRIORITY DEADLINE FOR STUDENT FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE. (a) The board by rule shall provide for a uniform
priority application deadline for applications for financial
assistance for an academic year.
(b) The priority deadline may not serve as a determination
of eligibility for state financial assistance, but otherwise
eligible applicants who apply on or before the deadline shall be
given priority consideration for available state financial
assistance before other applicants.
(c) The board shall consult with financial aid personnel at
institutions of higher education in adopting rules providing for
the deadline required under this section.
(d) This section does not apply to a public junior college
as defined by Section 61.003.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 56.007,
Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with
student financial assistance awarded for the 2013-2014 academic
year. State student financial assistance awarded for an academic
period before that academic year is covered by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2013.