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1	1	83R24189 KSD-D
2	2	By: Howard H.B. No. 2829
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2829:
4	4	By: Branch C.S.H.B. No. 2829
5	5
6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the applicability of the TEXAS grant program to
10	10	institutions of higher education.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Sections 56.301(2) and (3), Education Code, are
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	(2) "Eligible institution" means a general academic
15	15	teaching [an] institution or a medical and dental unit [of higher
16	16	education] that offers one or more undergraduate degree or
17	17	certification programs. The term does not include a public state
18	18	college.
19	19	(3) "General academic teaching institution,"
20	20	"institution of higher education," "medical and dental unit,"
21	21	"public ["Public] junior college," "public state college," and
22	22	"public technical institute" have the meanings assigned by Section
23	23	61.003.
24	24	SECTION 2. Section 56.302(b), Education Code, is amended to
25	25	read as follows:
26	26	(b) The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a grant of
27	27	money to enable eligible students to attend eligible [public]
28	28	institutions [of higher education] in this state.
29	29	SECTION 3. Sections 56.303(d-1), (e), and (f), Education
30	30	Code, are amended to read as follows:
31	31	(d-1) In allocating among eligible [general academic
32	32	teaching] institutions money available for initial TEXAS grants for
33	33	an academic year, the coordinating board shall ensure that each of
34	34	those institutions' proportional [percentage] share of the total
35	35	amount of money for initial grants that is allocated to eligible
36	36	[general academic teaching] institutions under this section
37	37	[subsection] for that year does not, as a result of the number of
38	38	students who establish eligibility at the institution for an
39	39	initial grant under Section 56.3041(2)(A), change from the
40	40	institution's proportional [percentage] share of the total amount
41	41	of money for initial grants that is allocated to those institutions
42	42	under this section [subsection] for the preceding academic year.
43	43	(e) In determining who should receive a TEXAS grant, the
44	44	coordinating board and the eligible institutions shall give
45	45	priority to awarding TEXAS grants to students who demonstrate the
46	46	greatest financial need and whose expected family contribution, as
47	47	determined according to the methodology used for federal student
48	48	financial aid, does not exceed 60 percent of the average statewide
49	49	amount of tuition and required fees described by Section
50	50	56.307(a). In giving priority based on financial need as required
51	51	by this subsection to students who meet the requirements for the
52	52	highest priority as provided by Subsection (f), an eligible [a
53	53	general academic teaching] institution shall determine financial
54	54	need according to the relative expected family contribution of
55	55	those students, beginning with students who have the lowest
56	56	expected family contribution.
57	57	(f) Beginning with TEXAS grants awarded for the 2013-2014
58	58	academic year, in determining who should receive an initial TEXAS
59	59	grant, each eligible [general academic teaching] institution, in
60	60	addition to giving priority as provided by Subsection (e), shall
61	61	give highest priority to students who meet the eligibility criteria
62	62	described by Section 56.3041(2)(A). If there is money available in
63	63	excess of the amount required to award an initial TEXAS grant to all
64	64	students meeting those criteria, an eligible [a general academic
65	65	teaching] institution shall make awards to other students who meet
66	66	the eligibility criteria described by Section 56.304(a)(2)(A),
67	67	provided that the institution continues to give priority to
68	68	students as provided by Subsection (e).
69	69	SECTION 4. Sections 56.304(a) and (e-1), Education Code,
70	70	are amended to read as follows:
71	71	(a) To be eligible initially for a TEXAS grant, a person
72	72	must:
73	73	(1) be a resident of this state as determined by
74	74	coordinating board rules;
75	75	(2) meet either of the following academic
76	76	requirements:
77	77	(A) be a graduate of a public or accredited
78	78	private high school in this state who graduated not earlier than the
79	79	1998-1999 school year and who completed the recommended or advanced
80	80	high school curriculum established under Section 28.002 or 28.025
81	81	or its equivalent; or
82	82	(B) have received an associate degree from a
83	83	public or private institution of higher education not earlier than
84	84	May 1, 2001;
85	85	(3) meet financial need requirements as defined by the
86	86	coordinating board;
87	87	(4) be enrolled in a baccalaureate [an undergraduate]
88	88	degree [or certificate] program at an eligible institution;
89	89	(5) be enrolled as:
90	90	(A) an entering undergraduate student for at
91	91	least three-fourths of a full course load for an entering
92	92	undergraduate student, as determined by the coordinating board, not
93	93	later than the 16th month after the date of the person's graduation
94	94	from high school; or
95	95	(B) an entering student for at least
96	96	three-fourths of a full course load for an undergraduate student as
97	97	determined by the coordinating board, not later than the 12th month
98	98	after the month the person receives an associate degree from a
99	99	public or private institution of higher education;
100	100	(6) have applied for any available financial aid or
101	101	assistance; and
102	102	(7) comply with any additional nonacademic
103	103	requirement adopted by the coordinating board under this
104	104	subchapter.
105	105	(e-1) If a person is initially awarded a TEXAS grant during
106	106	or after the 2005 fall semester, unless the person is provided
107	107	additional time during which the person may receive a TEXAS grant
108	108	under Subsection (e-2), the person's eligibility for a TEXAS grant
109	109	ends on:
110	110	(1) the fifth anniversary of the initial award of a
111	111	TEXAS grant to the person, if the person is enrolled in a degree [or
112	112	certificate] program of four years [or less]; or
113	113	(2) the sixth anniversary of the initial award of a
114	114	TEXAS grant to the person, if the person is enrolled in a degree
115	115	program of more than four years.
116	116	SECTION 5. Section 56.3041, Education Code, is amended to
117	117	read as follows:
118	118	Sec. 56.3041. INITIAL ELIGIBILITY OF PERSON GRADUATING FROM
119	119	HIGH SCHOOL ON OR AFTER MAY 1, 2013[, AND ENROLLING IN A GENERAL
120	120	ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTION]. Notwithstanding Section
121	121	56.304(a), to be eligible initially for a TEXAS grant, a person
122	122	graduating from high school on or after May 1, 2013, and enrolling
123	123	in an eligible [a general academic teaching] institution must:
124	124	(1) be a resident of this state as determined by
125	125	coordinating board rules;
126	126	(2) meet the academic requirements prescribed by
127	127	Paragraph (A), (B), or (C) as follows:
128	128	(A) be a graduate of a public or accredited
129	129	private high school in this state who completed the recommended
130	130	high school program established under Section 28.025 or its
131	131	equivalent and have accomplished any two or more of the following:
132	132	(i) graduation under the advanced high
133	133	school program established under Section 28.025 or its equivalent,
134	134	successful completion of the course requirements of the
135	135	international baccalaureate diploma program, or earning of the
136	136	equivalent of at least 12 semester credit hours of college credit in
137	137	high school through courses described in Sections 28.009(a)(1),
138	138	(2), and (3);
139	139	(ii) satisfaction of the Texas Success
140	140	Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by the
141	141	coordinating board under Section 51.3062(f) on any assessment
142	142	instrument designated by the coordinating board under Section
143	143	51.3062(c) [or (e)] or qualification for an exemption as described
144	144	by Section 51.3062(p), (q), or (q-1);
145	145	(iii) graduation in the top one-third of
146	146	the person's high school graduating class or graduation from high
147	147	school with a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a four-point
148	148	scale or the equivalent; or
149	149	(iv) completion for high school credit of
150	150	at least one advanced mathematics course following the successful
151	151	completion of an Algebra II course, as permitted by Section
152	152	28.025(b-3), or at least one advanced career and technical course,
153	153	as permitted by Section 28.025(b-2);
154	154	(B) have received an associate degree from a
155	155	public or private institution of higher education; or
156	156	(C) if sufficient money is available, meet the
157	157	eligibility criteria described by Section 56.304(a)(2)(A);
158	158	(3) meet financial need requirements established by
159	159	the coordinating board;
160	160	(4) be enrolled in an undergraduate degree or
161	161	certificate program at an eligible [the general academic teaching]
162	162	institution;
163	163	(5) except as provided under rules adopted under
164	164	Section 56.304(h), be enrolled as:
165	165	(A) an entering undergraduate student for at
166	166	least three-fourths of a full course load, as determined by the
167	167	coordinating board, not later than the 16th month after the
168	168	calendar month in which the person graduated from high school;
169	169	(B) an entering undergraduate student who
170	170	entered military service not later than the first anniversary of
171	171	the date the person graduated from high school and who enrolled for
172	172	at least three-fourths of a full course load, as determined by the
173	173	coordinating board, at the eligible [general academic teaching]
174	174	institution not later than 12 months after being honorably
175	175	discharged from military service; or
176	176	(C) a continuing undergraduate student for at
177	177	least three-fourths of a full course load, as determined by the
178	178	coordinating board, not later than the 12th month after the
179	179	calendar month in which the person received an associate degree
180	180	from a public or private institution of higher education;
181	181	(6) have applied for any available financial aid or
182	182	assistance; and
183	183	(7) comply with any additional nonacademic
184	184	requirements adopted by the coordinating board under this
185	185	subchapter.
186	186	SECTION 6. Section 56.305(a), Education Code, is amended to
187	187	read as follows:
188	188	(a) After initially qualifying for a TEXAS grant, a person
189	189	may continue to receive a TEXAS grant during each semester or term
190	190	in which the person is enrolled at an eligible institution only if
191	191	the person:
192	192	(1) meets financial need requirements as defined by
193	193	the coordinating board;
194	194	(2) is enrolled in a baccalaureate [an undergraduate]
195	195	degree [or certificate] program at an eligible institution;
196	196	(3) is enrolled for at least three-fourths of a full
197	197	course load for an undergraduate student, as determined by the
198	198	coordinating board;
199	199	(4) makes satisfactory academic progress toward a
200	200	baccalaureate [an undergraduate] degree [or certificate]; and
201	201	(5) complies with any additional nonacademic
202	202	requirement adopted by the coordinating board.
203	203	SECTION 7. Section 56.306, Education Code, is amended to
204	204	read as follows:
205	205	Sec. 56.306. GRANT USE. A person receiving a TEXAS grant
206	206	may use the money to pay any usual and customary cost of attendance
207	207	at an eligible institution [of higher education] incurred by the
208	208	student. The institution may disburse all or part of the proceeds
209	209	of a TEXAS grant to an eligible person only if the tuition and
210	210	required fees incurred by the person at the institution have been
211	211	paid.
212	212	SECTION 8. Section 56.307(a), Education Code, is amended to
213	213	read as follows:
214	214	(a) The amount of a TEXAS grant for a semester or term for a
215	215	person enrolled full-time at an eligible institution [other than an
216	216	institution covered by Subsection (c) or (d)] is the amount
217	217	determined by the coordinating board as the average statewide
218	218	amount of tuition and required fees that a resident student
219	219	enrolled full-time in a baccalaureate degree program would be
220	220	charged for that semester or term at general academic teaching
221	221	institutions.
222	222	SECTION 9. Sections 56.307(c) and (d), Education Code, are
223	223	repealed.
224	224	SECTION 10. (a) The change in law made to Subchapter M,
225	225	Chapter 56, Education Code, by this Act applies beginning with
226	226	TEXAS grants awarded for the 2014 fall semester. Grants awarded for
227	227	a semester or term before the 2014 fall semester are governed by the
228	228	applicable law in effect immediately before the effective date of
229	229	this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
230	230	purpose.
231	231	(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) of this section, a
232	232	student who first receives a TEXAS grant for attendance at a public
233	233	junior college, public state college, or public technical institute
234	234	for a semester or other academic term before the 2014 fall semester
235	235	may continue to receive a TEXAS grant under Subchapter M, Chapter
236	236	56, Education Code, as that subchapter existed immediately before
237	237	the effective date of this Act, as long as the student remains
238	238	eligible for a TEXAS grant under the former law, and, if eligible,
239	239	may continue to receive a TEXAS grant if the student enrolls at an
240	240	eligible institution under Subchapter M, Chapter 56, Education
241	241	Code, as amended by this Act. The Texas Higher Education
242	242	Coordinating Board shall adopt rules to administer this subsection
243	243	and shall notify each student who receives a TEXAS grant in the
244	244	2013-2014 academic year of the provisions of this subsection.
245	245	SECTION 11. This Act takes effect immediately if it
246	246	receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
247	247	house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
248	248	If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
249	249	effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.