89R15567 RDR-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 3559
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting consideration of certain factors regarding
student financial assistance by public institutions of higher
education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 56.010 to read as follows:
Sec. 56.010. CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN FACTORS REGARDING
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this code, an institution of higher education
may not:
(1) award student financial assistance based on race,
sex, gender, or sexual orientation; or
(2) pay for or advertise student financial assistance
awarded based on race, sex, gender, or sexual orientation.
SECTION 2. Section 56.010, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with student financial assistance paid for,
advertised, or awarded by a public institution of higher education
for the 2026 fall semester. Student financial assistance paid for,
advertised, or awarded for a term or semester before the 2026 fall
semester is governed by the law in effect on the date on which the
student financial assistance was paid for, advertised, or awarded,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.