| 1 | 1 | | 85R9867 KSD-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Muñoz, Jr. H.B. No. 1836 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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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 limitations on the amount of tuition charged by certain |
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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. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 54.0514 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 54.0514. LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF TUITION. (a) |
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| 13 | 13 | | In this section: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) "General academic teaching institution" has the |
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| 15 | 15 | | meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (2) "Tuition" includes: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (A) tuition for which the rates are prescribed by |
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| 18 | 18 | | this chapter; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (B) tuition charged by a general academic |
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| 20 | 20 | | teaching institution under Section 54.0513 or another law |
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| 21 | 21 | | authorizing an institution to establish tuition rates. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a-1) Notwithstanding Section 54.0513 or another law |
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| 23 | 23 | | authorizing an institution to establish tuition rates, the total |
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| 24 | 24 | | amount of tuition charged by a general academic teaching |
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| 25 | 25 | | institution to a student for the 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, |
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| 26 | 26 | | or 2021-2022 academic year may not exceed the total amount of |
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| 27 | 27 | | tuition that the institution would have charged under this chapter |
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| 28 | 28 | | to a similarly situated student for the 2016-2017 academic year. |
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| 29 | 29 | | This subsection expires August 31, 2022. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) Notwithstanding Section 54.0513 or another law |
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| 31 | 31 | | authorizing an institution to establish tuition rates, the total |
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| 32 | 32 | | amount of tuition charged by a general academic teaching |
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| 33 | 33 | | institution to a student for the 2022-2023 academic year or a |
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| 34 | 34 | | subsequent academic year may not exceed the total amount of tuition |
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| 35 | 35 | | that the institution would have charged under this chapter to a |
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| 36 | 36 | | similarly situated student for the 2016-2017 academic year by more |
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| 37 | 37 | | than 65 percent. |
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| 38 | 38 | | (c) For purposes of this section, students are similarly |
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| 39 | 39 | | situated if they share the same residency status, degree program, |
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| 40 | 40 | | course load, course level, tuition exemption status, and other |
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| 41 | 41 | | circumstances affecting the tuition charged to the student. |
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| 42 | 42 | | (d) This section does not ensure that the total amount of |
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| 43 | 43 | | tuition charged to an individual student does not increase based on |
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| 44 | 44 | | a change in the student's residency status, degree program, course |
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| 45 | 45 | | load, course level, tuition exemption status, or other circumstance |
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| 46 | 46 | | affecting the tuition charged to the student. |
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| 47 | 47 | | (e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt |
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| 48 | 48 | | rules as necessary to administer this section. |
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| 49 | 49 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 50 | 50 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 51 | 51 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 52 | 52 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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