83R7431 KEL-D
By: J. Davis of Harris H.B. No. 3364
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the payment of resident tuition and fees by certain high
school students who enroll in dual credit courses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.0551 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.0551. RESIDENT TUITION AND FEES FOR CERTAIN HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES. (a) This section
applies only to a dual credit course or other course for which a
student may earn joint high school and college credit.
(b) For purposes of determining the rates of tuition and
fees that an institution of higher education may charge a high
school student enrolled in a course described by Subsection (a), a
high school student is entitled to pay tuition and fees for the
course at the rates provided for residents of this state if the
student satisfies the requirements of Section 54.052(a)(1). The
institution shall determine whether the student is entitled to pay
tuition and fees at resident rates under this section without
reference to whether the student is a dependent for purposes of
Section 54.052(a)(2), and the presumption provided by Section
54.052(b) does not apply to the determination.
(c) This section does not affect the determination of a
student's resident status for purposes of this title.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with tuition and fees charged for the 2013 fall semester.
Tuition and fees charged for a term or semester before the 2013 fall
semester are 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 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, 2013.