| 1 | 1 | | 84R10154 JSL-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Burkett H.B. No. 3733 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the establishment of a tuition and fee reimbursement |
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| 8 | 8 | | program for certain adopted children enrolled in career schools or |
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| 9 | 9 | | colleges. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 132, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 132.025 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 132.025. TUITION AND FEE REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN |
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| 14 | 14 | | ADOPTED STUDENTS FORMERLY IN FOSTER OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL CARE. (a) |
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| 15 | 15 | | In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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| 16 | 16 | | assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (b) Using funds appropriated for that purpose, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | commission, in coordination with the Texas Higher Education |
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| 19 | 19 | | Coordinating Board, by rule shall establish a program under which |
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| 20 | 20 | | the commission may reimburse a student for the payment of tuition |
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| 21 | 21 | | and fees to a career school or college if the student would be |
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| 22 | 22 | | eligible for an exemption from the payment of tuition and fees to an |
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| 23 | 23 | | institution of higher education under Section 54.367. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with tuition and fees |
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| 25 | 25 | | charged by a career school or college for the 2015-2016 academic |
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| 26 | 26 | | year. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 28 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 29 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 31 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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