Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1757
	1	+	By: Creighton, et al. S.B. No. 1757
	2	+	(Frullo)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to student loan repayment assistance under the math and
6	8		science scholars loan repayment program.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Section 61.9832, Education Code, is amended by
9	11		amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
10	12		read as follows:
11	13		(a) To be eligible to receive loan repayment assistance
12	14		under this subchapter, a person must:
13	15		(1) apply annually for the loan repayment assistance
14	16		in the manner prescribed by the board;
15	17		(2) be a United States citizen;
16	18		(3) have completed an undergraduate or graduate
17	19		program in mathematics or science;
18	20		(4) have a cumulative grade point average of at least
19	21		3.0 [3.5] on a four-point scale or the equivalent;
20	22		(5) be:
21	23		(A) certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, to
22	24		teach mathematics or science in a public school in this state; or
23	25		(B) teaching under a probationary teaching
24	26		certificate;
25	27		(6) have been employed for at least one year as a
26	28		teacher teaching mathematics or science at a public school that
27	29		receives funding under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education
28	30		Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.);
29	31		(7) not be in default on any other education loan;
30	32		(8) not receive any other state or federal loan
31	33		repayment assistance, including a Teacher Education Assistance for
32	34		College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant or teacher loan
33	35		forgiveness;
34	36		(9) enter into an agreement with the board under
35	37		Subsection (c); and
36	38		(10) comply with any other requirement adopted by the
37	39		board under this subchapter.
38	40		(c) To receive loan repayment assistance under this
39	41		subchapter, a person must enter into an agreement with the board
40	42		that includes the following provisions:
41	43		(1) the person will accept an offer of full-time
42	44		employment to teach mathematics or science, as applicable based on
43	45		the person's certification, in a public school that receives
44	46		funding under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
45	47		1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.);
46	48		(2) the person will complete four consecutive years of
47	49		employment as a full-time classroom teacher in a school described
48	50		by Subdivision (1) whose primary duty is to teach mathematics or
49	51		science, as applicable, based on the person's certification;
50	52		(3) beginning with the school year immediately
51	53		following the last of the four consecutive school years described
52	54		by Subdivision (2), the person will complete an [four] additional
53	55		number of consecutive school years teaching in any public school in
54	56		this state, as prescribed by board rule; and
55	57		(4) the person acknowledges the conditional nature of
56	58		the loan repayment assistance.
57	59		(c-1) The rules adopted under Subsection (c)(3) may not
58	60		require a person to complete more than four additional consecutive
59	61		school years of teaching as described by that subdivision.
60		-	SECTION 2. Section 61.9835(a), Education Code, is amended
61		-	to read as follows:
62		-	(a) The board may provide repayment assistance under this
63		-	subchapter for the repayment of any student loan that:
64		-	(1) is for education at:
65		-	(A) a public or private institution of higher
66		-	education; or
67		-	(B) a nonprofit, tax-exempt, regionally
68		-	accredited college or university operating in accordance with a
69		-	memorandum of understanding with this state under an executive
70		-	order issued by the governor; and
71		-	(2) is received by an eligible person through an
72		-	eligible lender.
73		-	SECTION 3. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
	62	+	SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
74	63		date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
75	64		shall adopt rules necessary to administer Section 61.9832,
76	65		Education Code, as amended by this Act.
77	66		(b) Section 61.9832, Education Code, as amended by this Act,
78	67		applies only to a loan repayment assistance agreement entered into
79	68		under Subchapter KK, Chapter 61, Education Code, on or after the
80	69		effective date of this Act. A loan repayment assistance agreement
81	70		entered into before the effective date of this Act is governed by
82	71		the law in effect immediately before that date, and the former law
83	72		is continued in effect for that purpose.
84		-	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
85		-	______________________________ ______________________________
86		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
87		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1757 passed the Senate on
88		-	April 29, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2; and that
89		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2019, by the
90		-	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
91		-	______________________________
92		-	Secretary of the Senate
93		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1757 passed the House, with
94		-	amendment, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 101,
95		-	Nays 41, three present not voting.
96		-	______________________________
97		-	Chief Clerk of the House
98		-	Approved:
99		-	______________________________
100		-	Date
101		-	______________________________
102		-	Governor
	73	+	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.