| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to continuing eligibility requirements for institutions |
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| 8 | 6 | | of higher education to participate in the Texas Science, |
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| 9 | 7 | | Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Challenge |
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| 10 | 8 | | Scholarship Program. |
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| 11 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.9794(b), Education Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 12 | | (b) To maintain eligibility, each year beginning with the |
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| 15 | 13 | | third [second] year following implementation of a scholarship |
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| 16 | 14 | | program under this subchapter, an institution must demonstrate to |
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| 17 | 15 | | the board that at least 70 percent of the institution's T-STEM |
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| 18 | 16 | | Challenge Scholarship recipients [graduates], within twelve |
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| 19 | 17 | | [three] months of receipt of a scholarship [after graduation], are: |
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| 20 | 18 | | (1) employed [by a business in a Science, Technology, |
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| 21 | 19 | | Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field]; or |
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| 22 | 20 | | (2) enrolled in [upper-division] courses leading to a |
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| 23 | 21 | | certificate, associate, or baccalaureate degree in a Science, |
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| 24 | 22 | | Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field. |
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| 25 | 23 | | SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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| 26 | 24 | | shall award scholarships under Subchapter GG, Chapter 61, Education |
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| 27 | 25 | | Code, as amended by this Act, beginning with the 2015-2016 academic |
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| 28 | 26 | | year. |
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| 29 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 28 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1066 passed the Senate on |
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| 31 | + | April 1, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 32 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 33 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 34 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1066 passed the House on |
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| 35 | + | April 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 10, one |
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| 36 | + | present not voting. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 39 | + | Approved: |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Date |
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| 42 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 43 | + | Governor |
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