84R10154 JSL-D
By: Burkett H.B. No. 3733
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a tuition and fee reimbursement
program for certain adopted children enrolled in career schools or
colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 132.025 to read as follows:
Sec. 132.025. TUITION AND FEE REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN
ADOPTED STUDENTS FORMERLY IN FOSTER OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL CARE. (a)
In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning
assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) Using funds appropriated for that purpose, the
commission, in coordination with the Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board, by rule shall establish a program under which
the commission may reimburse a student for the payment of tuition
and fees to a career school or college if the student would be
eligible for an exemption from the payment of tuition and fees to an
institution of higher education under Section 54.367.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with tuition and fees
charged by a career school or college for the 2015-2016 academic
year.
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, 2015.