88R7525 MM-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 4722
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.407(g), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) An institution may use other available sources of
financial aid, other than a loan [or a Pell grant], to cover any
difference in the amount of a grant under this subchapter and the
actual amount of tuition and required fees at the institution.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
56.407(g), Education Code, applies beginning with Texas
Educational Opportunity Grants awarded for the 2024 fall semester.
Grants awarded for a semester or term before the 2024 fall semester
are governed by the applicable law in effect immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.