83R26994 E
By: Fletcher H.B. No. 830
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 830:
By: Branch C.S.H.B. No. 830
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the portion of designated tuition set aside to provide
student financial assistance at institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 56.011 and 56.012, Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 56.011. RESIDENT UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANCE.
(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education
shall cause to be set aside not less than 20 percent of any amount of
tuition charged to a resident undergraduate student under Section
54.0513 in excess of $46 per semester credit hour. The funds set
aside under this section by an institution shall be used to provide
financial assistance for resident undergraduate students enrolled
in the institution.
(b) To be eligible for assistance, including the funding of
a tuition and fee exemption, under this section, a student must
establish financial need in accordance with rules and procedures
established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(c) In using funds set aside under this section, priority
[Priority] shall be given to funding tuition and fee exemptions
under Section 54.341 for eligible students who qualify for
exemptions under that section.
(d) Any remaining funds available under this section after
the use of funds required under Subsection (c) shall be used to
provide financial assistance to eligible students [meet the
coordinating board definition of financial need and] whose cost for
tuition and required fees is not met through other non-loan
financial assistance programs.
(e) [(c)] The financial assistance provided under
Subsection (d) [this section] may include grants, scholarships,
work-study programs, student loans, and student loan repayment
assistance.
Sec. 56.012. RESIDENT GRADUATE STUDENT ASSISTANCE. (a)
The governing board of each institution of higher education shall
cause to be set aside not less than 15 percent of any amount of
tuition charged to a resident student enrolled in a graduate or
professional degree program under Section 54.0513 in excess of $46
per semester credit hour. The funds set aside under this section by
an institution shall be used to provide financial assistance for
resident students enrolled in graduate and professional degree
programs at the institution.
(b) To be eligible for assistance, including the funding of
a tuition and fee exemption, under this section, a student must
establish financial need in accordance with rules and procedures
established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(c) In using funds set aside under this section, priority
[Priority] shall be given to funding tuition and fee exemptions
under Section 54.341 for eligible students who qualify for
exemptions under that section.
(d) Any remaining funds available under this section after
the use of funds required under Subsection (c) shall be used to
provide financial assistance to eligible students [meet the
coordinating board definition of financial need and] whose cost for
tuition and required fees is not met through other non-loan
financial assistance programs.
(e) [(c)] The financial assistance provided under
Subsection (d) [this section] may include grants, scholarships,
work-study programs, student loans, and student loan repayment
assistance.
SECTION 2. Section 56.014(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) An institution of higher education that sets [is
required by this subchapter to set] aside a portion of a student's
tuition payments to provide financial assistance for students
enrolled in the institution under this subchapter shall provide to
each student of the institution who pays tuition from which a
portion is [required to be] set aside for that purpose a notice
regarding the specific amount that is [required to be] set aside by
the institution.
SECTION 3. Section 56.465(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The governing board of each institution of higher
education shall cause to be set aside five percent of the amount of
the tuition charged to a resident undergraduate student at the
institution under Section 54.0513 in excess of $46 per semester
credit hour. The amount of a student's tuition set aside under this
subsection is not considered a part of the amount, if any, [required
to be] set aside from that tuition under Section 56.011.
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply
beginning with designated tuition set aside by an institution of
higher education for the 2014 fall semester. Designated tuition
set aside for a semester or term before the 2014 fall semester is
governed 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 5. This Act takes effect January 1, 2014.