By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 2231
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2025; March 25, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
April 9, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10,
Nays 0; April 9, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
to waive fees for admission applications submitted to public
institutions of higher education during certain periods.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.0731 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.0731. WAIVER OF CERTAIN APPLICATION FEES; FREE
COLLEGE APPLICATION WEEK. (a) The board shall designate the second
full week of October as Free College Application Week. During the
designated week, the board shall permit individuals in this state
to apply to any institution of higher education for undergraduate
admission without paying an application fee.
(b) The board may adopt rules as necessary to implement
Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 61.0731, Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 academic year.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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