85R3531 SRS-D
By: Burkett H.B. No. 759
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a tuition and fee payment 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 132.026 to read as follows:
Sec. 132.026. 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 in accordance with
Subsection (c) 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.
(c) The reimbursement paid to a student under this section
must be paid not later than the seventh day after the date the
commission receives notification and verification of a tuition and
fee payment made by or on behalf of the student. The rules adopted
under this section must prescribe the form and manner of that
notification and verification.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with tuition and fees
charged by a career school or college for the 2017-2018 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, 2017.