87R9296 MM-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1193
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to providing information to undergraduate students
regarding a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic
teaching institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.016, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) A general academic teaching institution that offers a
fixed tuition rate program under this section shall provide
information explaining the effect of the program on the calculation
of a student's cost per credit hour, including the institution's
current fixed tuition rate, and clearly describing the amount of
tuition a student would pay for varying course loads covered by the
program:
(1) to each transferring undergraduate student, at the
time the student is offered the opportunity to participate in the
institution's fixed tuition rate program;
(2) for a student enrolled in the institution's fixed
tuition rate program, in materials or correspondence provided to
the student each time the student registers for a semester or other
term and in each tuition billing statement;
(3) on the institution's Internet website; and
(4) in any financial aid information provided to
students.
SECTION 2. Section 54.017, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) An institution to which this section applies shall
provide information explaining the effect of the fixed tuition
price plan on the calculation of a student's cost per credit hour,
including the institution's current fixed tuition rate, and clearly
describing the amount of tuition a student would pay for varying
course loads covered by the plan:
(1) to each entering undergraduate student, at the
time the student is offered the opportunity to participate in the
institution's fixed tuition price plan;
(2) for a student enrolled in the institution's fixed
tuition price plan, in materials or correspondence provided to the
student each time the student registers for a semester or other term
and in each tuition billing statement;
(3) on the institution's Internet website; and
(4) in any financial aid information provided to
students.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.