| 1 | 1 | | 84R2303 KSD-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Birdwell S.B. No. 351 |
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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 determination of resident status of students by |
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| 8 | 8 | | public institutions of higher education. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 54.052, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a |
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| 13 | 13 | | person who is not authorized by law to be present in the United |
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| 14 | 14 | | States may not be considered a resident of this state for purposes |
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| 15 | 15 | | of this title. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Section 54.055, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 17 | 17 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an institution of |
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| 19 | 19 | | higher education may not, on the basis of Section 54.052(c), |
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| 20 | 20 | | reclassify as a nonresident of this state a student classified as a |
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| 21 | 21 | | resident under Section 54.052(a)(3) if, not later than the |
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| 22 | 22 | | beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year, the student has completed |
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| 23 | 23 | | at least 30 semester credit hours at an institution of higher |
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| 24 | 24 | | education. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. Except as provided by Section 54.055(c), |
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| 26 | 26 | | Education Code, as added by this Act, a public institution of higher |
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| 27 | 27 | | education in this state may, for any semester or academic term, |
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| 28 | 28 | | before the beginning of that semester or academic term, reclassify |
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| 29 | 29 | | as a nonresident a student previously classified as a resident of |
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| 30 | 30 | | this state by the institution or another public institution of |
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| 31 | 31 | | higher education in this state before the enactment of Section |
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| 32 | 32 | | 54.052(c), Education Code, as added by this Act, if the student is |
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| 33 | 33 | | not authorized by law to be present in the United States. |
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| 34 | 34 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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