88R13784 JRJ-D
By: Wilson H.B. No. 3790
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of scholarships by private or independent
institutions of higher education under the Joint Admission Medical
Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.831, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 51.831. COUNCIL AGREEMENT WITH PRIVATE OR INDEPENDENT
INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) Each private or independent
institution of higher education must enter into an agreement with
the council under which the institution agrees to:
(1) provide academic counseling to a participating
student or program alternate enrolled at the institution;
(2) as soon as practicable, implement or expand
appropriate degree programs as necessary to provide participating
students with sufficient preparation for enrollment in
participating medical schools;
(3) select a faculty director or an academic or health
professions advisor to assist in implementing the program at the
institution and in implementing or expanding the institution's
degree programs as necessary under Subdivision (2); and
(4) provide a scholarship to a participating student
in the amount required for a participating student attending a
general academic teaching institution, but not to exceed the amount
of tuition and fees that the student is charged.
(b) In addition to any penalties specified in the agreement,
a private or independent institution of higher education that has
entered an agreement under this section and does not provide the
scholarship required under Subsection (a)(4) to a participating
student may not receive state funding for tuition equalization
grants awarded under Subchapter F, Chapter 61, or for any other
student financial aid beginning with the academic year following a
default under this subsection, subject to Subsection (d).
(c) An institution is considered to be in default under
Subsection (b) if the affected student's enrollment in the program
ends before the institution awards and pays to the student the full
amount of scholarship for each year of the student's participation
in the program.
(d) A private or independent institution of higher
education in default under this section may receive state funding
for tuition equalization grants and other student financial aid
only for an academic year following an academic year in which:
(1) one or more participating students are enrolled at
the institution; and
(2) with respect to the students described by
Subdivision (1), the institution has fully complied with the terms
of an agreement entered into under this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
provision of scholarships pursuant to an agreement under Section
51.831, Education Code, as amended by this Act, beginning with the
2023-2024 academic year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.