HOUSE BILL 1689 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Greenberg et al. |
EFFECTIVE: 06-18-99 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Ellis, Rodney |
House Bill 1689 amends the Education Code to create a student loan repayment program for early childhood child-care workers, authorizing the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to provide loan repayment assistance to qualified child-care workers. The act establishes educational qualifications for aid recipients, student loan eligibility criteria, and employment terms and conditions for the amount of assistance being sought. The act also creates a child-care worker student loan assistance trust fund outside the treasury under the comptroller's administration to fund the program.
House Bill 1689 applies beginning with the 1999 fall semester.