86R9113 KSD-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1180
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the agreement requirements for receiving a scholarship
under the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.9773, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) An agreement under this section must allow a student,
upon completion of an undergraduate degree program and before
entering into a commitment or contract for military service
described by Subsection (a)(3), to complete a graduate or
postgraduate degree program relevant to that military service at a
public or private institution of higher education in this state.
The board shall adopt rules for the administration of this
subsection, including rules for determining whether a degree
program is relevant to a student's planned military service.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with a Texas Armed Services Scholarship awarded for the
2019-2020 academic year. A Texas Armed Services Scholarship
awarded for an academic year before that academic year is covered by
the law in effect when the scholarship was awarded, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
shall adopt rules for the administration of Section 61.9773(a-1),
Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after
this Act takes effect.
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, 2019.