Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4124 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R14159 SOS-D
2	2	By: Johnson of Harris H.B. No. 4124
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education
8	8	Coordinating Board on best practices to assist certain students in
9	9	completing the free application for federal student aid (FAFSA).
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 61.07763 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 61.07763. STUDY AND REPORT ON FREE APPLICATION FOR
14	14	FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FAFSA) COMPLETION BEST PRACTICES. (a) The
15	15	board shall conduct a study to determine best practices to provide
16	16	assistance in completing and submitting the free application for
17	17	federal student aid (FAFSA) to an applicant who is a dependent of a
18	18	person who lacks the documentation necessary to complete the
19	19	application.
20	20	(b) The study must identify best practices to address the
21	21	lack of access to the following information required to complete
22	22	the FAFSA:
23	23	(1) federal income tax information;
24	24	(2) a social security number issued by the Social
25	25	Security Administration;
26	26	(3) an identification document, including a driver's
27	27	license, government-issued identification, United States passport,
28	28	Certificate of United States Citizenship, Certificate of
29	29	Naturalization, Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration
30	30	Receipt Card, Temporary Resident Card, Refugee Travel Document, or
31	31	Employment Authorization Document; and
32	32	(4) an alien registration number.
33	33	(c) In conducting the study, the board shall collaborate
34	34	with general academic teaching institutions, public junior
35	35	colleges, public technical institutes, public state colleges,
36	36	private or independent institutions of higher education, and rural
37	37	and urban career schools or colleges, as defined by Section
38	38	132.001.
39	39	(d) To the extent necessary, the board may consult with and
40	40	consider recommendations from federal agencies in conducting the
41	41	study.
42	42	(e) The recommendations resulting from the study may not
43	43	include any recommendation to deceive, mislead, or undermine the
44	44	United States Department of Education.
45	45	(f) Not later than November 1, 2020, the board shall submit
46	46	to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house
47	47	of representatives, and the commissioner of education a written
48	48	report on the study's results and any recommendations for
49	49	legislative or other action.
50	50	(g) The board shall:
51	51	(1) provide a written copy of the report submitted
52	52	under Subsection (f) to each school district or open-enrollment
53	53	charter school high school counselor in this state; and
54	54	(2) post the report on the board's Internet website.
55	55	(h) This section expires September 1, 2021.
56	56	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
57	57	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
58	58	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
59	59	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
60	60	Act takes effect September 1, 2019.