Texas 2023 - 88th Regular

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1	1	88R10965 MM-D
2	2	By: Frazier, Leo-Wilson, Swanson, Lalani, H.B. No. 2672
3	3	et al.
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the eligibility for student loan repayment assistance
9	9	under the math and science scholars loan repayment program.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 61.9831, Education Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 61.9831. LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED. The
14	14	board shall provide, in accordance with this subchapter and board
15	15	rules, assistance in the repayment of eligible student loans for
16	16	eligible persons who agree to teach mathematics or science for a
17	17	specified period in public schools [that receive federal funding
18	18	under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
19	19	U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)].
20	20	SECTION 2. Sections 61.9832(a) and (c), Education Code, are
21	21	amended to read as follows:
22	22	(a) To be eligible to receive loan repayment assistance
23	23	under this subchapter, a person must:
24	24	(1) apply annually for the loan repayment assistance
25	25	in the manner prescribed by the board;
26	26	(2) be a United States citizen;
27	27	(3) have completed an undergraduate or graduate
28	28	program in mathematics or science;
29	29	(4) have a cumulative grade point average of at least
30	30	3.0 on a four-point scale or the equivalent;
31	31	(5) be:
32	32	(A) certified under Subchapter B, Chapter 21, to
33	33	teach mathematics or science in a public school in this state; or
34	34	(B) teaching under a probationary teaching
35	35	certificate;
36	36	(6) have been employed for at least one year as a
37	37	teacher teaching mathematics or science at a public school [that
38	38	receives funding under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education
39	39	Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)];
40	40	(7) not be in default on any other education loan;
41	41	(8) not receive any other state or federal loan
42	42	repayment assistance, including a Teacher Education Assistance for
43	43	College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant or teacher loan
44	44	forgiveness;
45	45	(9) enter into an agreement with the board under
46	46	Subsection (c); and
47	47	(10) comply with any other requirement adopted by the
48	48	board under this subchapter.
49	49	(c) To receive loan repayment assistance under this
50	50	subchapter, a person must enter into an agreement with the board
51	51	that includes the following provisions:
52	52	(1) the person will accept an offer of full-time
53	53	employment to teach mathematics or science, as applicable based on
54	54	the person's certification, in a public school [that receives
55	55	funding under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
56	56	1965 (20 U.S.C. Section 6301 et seq.)];
57	57	(2) the person will complete four consecutive years of
58	58	employment in any public school as a full-time classroom teacher
59	59	[in a school described by Subdivision (1)] whose primary duty is to
60	60	teach mathematics or science, as applicable, based on the person's
61	61	certification;
62	62	(3) beginning with the school year immediately
63	63	following the last of the four consecutive school years described
64	64	by Subdivision (2), the person will complete an additional number
65	65	of consecutive school years teaching in any public school in this
66	66	state, as prescribed by board rule; and
67	67	(4) the person acknowledges the conditional nature of
68	68	the loan repayment assistance.
69	69	SECTION 3. Section 61.9839(a), Education Code, is amended
70	70	to read as follows:
71	71	(a) Subject to Sections 61.9833(b) and 61.9838(c), an [An]
72	72	eligible person may continue to receive the same amount of loan
73	73	repayment assistance received during the first four consecutive
74	74	years of teaching service required under Section 61.9832(c)(2) if
75	75	the person continues to teach in a public school in accordance with
76	76	board rules for the prescribed number of consecutive school years
77	77	occurring immediately after those [that receives funding under
78	78	Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
79	79	Section 6301 et seq.), after the] first four years [of teaching
80	80	service required under Section 61.9832(c)(2)].
81	81	SECTION 4. Section 61.9839(b), Education Code, is repealed.
82	82	SECTION 5. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective
83	83	date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
84	84	shall adopt rules necessary to administer Sections 61.9831,
85	85	61.9832, and 61.9839, Education Code, as amended by this Act.
86	86	(b) Sections 61.9831, 61.9832, and 61.9839, Education Code,
87	87	as amended by this Act, apply only to a loan repayment assistance
88	88	agreement entered into under Subchapter KK, Chapter 61, Education
89	89	Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. A loan repayment
90	90	assistance agreement entered into before the effective date of this
91	91	Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date,
92	92	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
93	93	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.