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House Bill 2177 |
House Author: Stucky |
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Effective: 6-10-23 |
Senate Sponsor: LaMantia et al. |
House Bill 2177 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to establish and administer a pilot program to award grants to participating public junior colleges, public technical institutes, or public state colleges to provide financial assistance to eligible students for the cost of accessing digital course materials. The bill requires the THECB to establish a methodology for selecting institutions to participate in the program and for allocating money among those institutions, to establish criteria that institutions must use to evaluate digital course materials that may be accessed using program grants, and to submit a report regarding the program's effectiveness and related recommendations.