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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 56.407(g), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(g) An institution may use other available sources of |
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financial aid, other than a loan [or a Pell grant], to cover any |
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difference in the amount of a grant under this subchapter and the |
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actual amount of tuition and required fees at the institution. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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56.407(g), Education Code, applies beginning with Texas |
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Educational Opportunity Grants awarded for the 2024 fall semester. |
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Grants awarded for a semester or term before the 2024 fall semester |
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are governed by the applicable law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |