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1	1	83R26994 E
2	2	By: Fletcher H.B. No. 830
3	3	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 830:
4	4	By: Branch C.S.H.B. No. 830
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6	6
7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the portion of designated tuition set aside to provide
10	10	student financial assistance at institutions of higher education.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Sections 56.011 and 56.012, Education Code, are
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 56.011. RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANCE.
15	15	(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education
16	16	shall cause to be set aside not less than 20 percent of any amount of
17	17	tuition charged to a resident undergraduate student under Section
18	18	54.0513 in excess of $46 per semester credit hour. The funds set
19	19	aside under this section by an institution shall be used to provide
20	20	financial assistance for resident undergraduate students enrolled
21	21	in the institution.
22	22	(b) To be eligible for assistance, including the funding of
23	23	a tuition and fee exemption, under this section, a student must
24	24	establish financial need in accordance with rules and procedures
25	25	established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
26	26	(c) In using funds set aside under this section, priority
27	27	[Priority] shall be given to funding tuition and fee exemptions
28	28	under Section 54.341 for eligible students who qualify for
29	29	exemptions under that section.
30	30	(d) Any remaining funds available under this section after
31	31	the use of funds required under Subsection (c) shall be used to
32	32	provide financial assistance to eligible students [meet the
33	33	coordinating board definition of financial need and] whose cost for
34	34	tuition and required fees is not met through other non-loan
35	35	financial assistance programs.
36	36	(e) [(c)] The financial assistance provided under
37	37	Subsection (d) [this section] may include grants, scholarships,
38	38	work-study programs, student loans, and student loan repayment
39	39	assistance.
40	40	Sec. 56.012. RESIDENT GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANCE. (a)
41	41	The governing board of each institution of higher education shall
42	42	cause to be set aside not less than 15 percent of any amount of
43	43	tuition charged to a resident student enrolled in a graduate or
44	44	professional degree program under Section 54.0513 in excess of $46
45	45	per semester credit hour. The funds set aside under this section by
46	46	an institution shall be used to provide financial assistance for
47	47	resident students enrolled in graduate and professional degree
48	48	programs at the institution.
49	49	(b) To be eligible for assistance, including the funding of
50	50	a tuition and fee exemption, under this section, a student must
51	51	establish financial need in accordance with rules and procedures
52	52	established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
53	53	(c) In using funds set aside under this section, priority
54	54	[Priority] shall be given to funding tuition and fee exemptions
55	55	under Section 54.341 for eligible students who qualify for
56	56	exemptions under that section.
57	57	(d) Any remaining funds available under this section after
58	58	the use of funds required under Subsection (c) shall be used to
59	59	provide financial assistance to eligible students [meet the
60	60	coordinating board definition of financial need and] whose cost for
61	61	tuition and required fees is not met through other non-loan
62	62	financial assistance programs.
63	63	(e) [(c)] The financial assistance provided under
64	64	Subsection (d) [this section] may include grants, scholarships,
65	65	work-study programs, student loans, and student loan repayment
66	66	assistance.
67	67	SECTION 2. Section 56.014(a), Education Code, is amended to
68	68	read as follows:
69	69	(a) An institution of higher education that sets [is
70	70	required by this subchapter to set] aside a portion of a student's
71	71	tuition payments to provide financial assistance for students
72	72	enrolled in the institution under this subchapter shall provide to
73	73	each student of the institution who pays tuition from which a
74	74	portion is [required to be] set aside for that purpose a notice
75	75	regarding the specific amount that is [required to be] set aside by
76	76	the institution.
77	77	SECTION 3. Section 56.465(a), Education Code, is amended to
78	78	read as follows:
79	79	(a) The governing board of each institution of higher
80	80	education shall cause to be set aside five percent of the amount of
81	81	the tuition charged to a resident undergraduate student at the
82	82	institution under Section 54.0513 in excess of $46 per semester
83	83	credit hour. The amount of a student's tuition set aside under this
84	84	subsection is not considered a part of the amount, if any, [required
85	85	to be] set aside from that tuition under Section 56.011.
86	86	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply
87	87	beginning with designated tuition set aside by an institution of
88	88	higher education for the 2014 fall semester. Designated tuition
89	89	set aside for a semester or term before the 2014 fall semester is
90	90	governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
91	91	of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
92	92	purpose.
93	93	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.