| 1 | 1 | | By: Garcia H.B. No. 4490 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | Relating to educational benefits for eligible persons attending a |
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| 7 | 7 | | comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students |
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| 8 | 8 | | with intellectual disabilities |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section Sec. 54.001, Education Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding subsection (3)to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 54.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) "Institution of higher education" has the same |
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| 14 | 14 | | meaning as is assigned to it by Section 61.003 of this code. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (2) "Governing board" has the same meaning as is |
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| 16 | 16 | | assigned to it by Section 61.003 of this code. |
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| 17 | 17 | | (3) "COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION AND POSTSECONDARY |
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| 18 | 18 | | PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES" has the same |
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| 19 | 19 | | meaning as in 20 U.S.C. ยง 1140. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Sec. 54.341(1), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 21 | 21 | | read as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | Sec. 54.341. VETERANS AND OTHER MILITARY PERSONNEL; |
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| 23 | 23 | | DEPENDENTS; and STUDENTS WHO IS ADMITTED TO ATTEND AND ATTENDS A |
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| 24 | 24 | | COMPREHENSIVE TRANSITION AND POSTSECONDARY PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS |
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| 25 | 25 | | WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (l) To be eligible to receive an exemption under Subsection |
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| 27 | 27 | | (k), the child must: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) be a student who is classified as a resident under |
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| 29 | 29 | | Subchapter B when the child enrolls in an institution of higher |
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| 30 | 30 | | education; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (2) as a graduate or undergraduate student, maintain a |
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| 32 | 32 | | grade point average that satisfies the grade point average |
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| 33 | 33 | | requirement for making satisfactory academic progress in a degree, |
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| 34 | 34 | | certificate, or continuing education program as determined by the |
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| 35 | 35 | | institution at which the child is enrolled in accordance with the |
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| 36 | 36 | | institution's policy regarding eligibility for financial aid; or |
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| 37 | 37 | | any student who is admitted to attend and attends a comprehensive |
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| 38 | 38 | | transition and postsecondary program for students with |
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| 39 | 39 | | intellectual disabilities; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) be 25 years of age or younger on the first day of |
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| 41 | 41 | | the semester or other academic term for which the exemption is |
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| 42 | 42 | | claimed. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 44 | 44 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 45 | 45 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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