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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the determination of student priority in awarding TEXAS |
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grants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 56.303(d-1) and (f), Education Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(d-1) In allocating among eligible institutions money |
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available for initial TEXAS grants for an academic year, the |
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coordinating board shall ensure that each of those institutions' |
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proportional share of the total amount of money for initial grants |
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that is allocated to eligible institutions under this section for |
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that year does not, as a result of the number of students who |
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establish eligibility at the institution for an initial grant |
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awarded under the highest priority as described by Subsection (f) |
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[under Section 56.3041(2)(A)], change from the institution's |
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proportional share of the total amount of money for initial grants |
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that is allocated to those institutions under this section for the |
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preceding academic year. |
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(f) Beginning with TEXAS grants awarded for the 2013-2014 |
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academic year, in determining who should receive an initial TEXAS |
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grant, each eligible institution, in addition to giving priority as |
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provided by Subsection (e), shall give highest priority equally to |
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students who meet the eligibility criteria described by Sections |
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56.3041(a)(2)(A) and (C) [Section 56.3041(2)(A)]. If there is money |
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available in excess of the amount required to award an initial TEXAS |
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grant to all students meeting those criteria, an eligible |
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institution shall make awards to other students who meet the |
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eligibility criteria described by Section 56.304(a)(2)(A), |
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provided that the institution continues to give priority to |
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students as provided by Subsection (e). |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with initial TEXAS grants awarded for the 2022 fall |
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semester. Initial TEXAS grants awarded for a semester or term |
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before the 2022 fall semester are governed by the applicable law in |
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effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |