Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3959 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R16389 RDR-D
2	2	By: Morales of Harris H.B. No. 3959
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to tuition and fee exemptions at a public institution of
10	10	higher education or a career school or college for a student meeting
11	11	certain income and grade requirements.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
14	14	amended by adding Section 54.204 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 54.204. EXEMPTION FOR STUDENTS MEETING CERTAIN INCOME
16	16	AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS. (a) The governing board of an institution
17	17	of higher education shall exempt from the payment of tuition and
18	18	required fees charged by the institution an undergraduate student
19	19	who:
20	20	(1) is a resident of this state;
21	21	(2) is a member of a household with a total annual
22	22	income below $100,000; and
23	23	(3) maintains an overall grade point average of at
24	24	least 3.0 on a four-point scale or the equivalent for all coursework
25	25	attempted at the institution.
26	26	(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
27	27	adopt rules governing the granting or denial of an exemption under
28	28	this section, including rules relating to the determination of a
29	29	student's eligibility for an exemption.
30	30	SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
31	31	amended by adding Section 132.0612 to read as follows:
32	32	Sec. 132.0612. TUITION EXEMPTION FOR STUDENTS MEETING
33	33	CERTAIN INCOME AND GRADE REQUIREMENTS. As a condition to receiving
34	34	a certificate of approval under this chapter, including renewal of
35	35	a certificate of approval, a career school or college must provide
36	36	an exemption from the payment of tuition and required fees charged
37	37	by the school for a course or program, as applicable, to a student
38	38	who is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees at a public
39	39	institution of higher education as provided by Section 54.204.
40	40	SECTION 3. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating
41	41	Board shall adopt the rules required by Section 54.204, Education
42	42	Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the
43	43	effective date of this Act.
44	44	(b) Section 54.204, Education Code, as added by this Act,
45	45	applies beginning with tuition and required fees charged for the
46	46	2025 fall semester. Tuition and required fees charged for an
47	47	academic period before that semester are governed by the law in
48	48	effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
49	49	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
50	50	SECTION 4. Section 132.0612, Education Code, as added by
51	51	this Act, applies to a certificate of approval issued or renewed
52	52	under Chapter 132, Education Code, on or after the effective date of
53	53	this Act.
54	54	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
55	55	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
56	56	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
57	57	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
58	58	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.