S.B. No. 435 AN ACT relating to the payment of tuition for public high school students who participate in college credit programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (a-2), Section 28.009, Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (a-2) A school district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other associated costs for taking a course under this section. [This subsection expires September 1, 2013.] SECTION 2. 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 August 31, 2013. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 435 passed the Senate on March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 435 passed the House on May 14, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, two present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor