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House Bill 2396 |
House Author: Howard et al. |
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Effective: 6-20-15 |
Senate Sponsor: Seliger |
House Bill 2396 repeals Education Code provisions requiring the governing boards of each public school of law and each medical unit of an institution of higher education to set aside a specified percentage of tuition charges for each student enrolled in law school or registered in a medical branch, school, or college, respectively, and to transfer the amount set aside to the comptroller of public accounts for the repayment of education loans for attorneys and physicians. The bill includes as funding options for the loan repayment program, for repayment of certain education loans owed by certain state attorneys, legislative appropriations for the program and money budgeted for the program by the attorney general's office from appropriations made to that office.