85R19199 SRS-D
By: Raymond H.B. No. 4241
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4241:
By: Lozano C.S.H.B. No. 4241
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to measures to ensure certain adopted students are
informed regarding their eligibility for tuition and fee exemptions
at certain institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.762, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) The board shall ensure that each application form
adopted under this section solicits from an applicant the
information required for an institution of higher education to
determine whether the applicant is eligible for an exemption from
tuition and fees under Section 54.367 for adopted students formerly
in foster or other residential care.
SECTION 2. Section 54.367, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule
shall require each institution of higher education to send
information about the tuition and fee exemption under this section
to each applicant who is determined to be eligible for the exemption
by information collected on the applicant's application for
admission.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
51.762 and 54.367, Education Code, apply beginning with
applications for admission to institutions of higher education for
the 2018-2019 academic year.
SECTION 4. 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, 2017.