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House Bill 2907 |
House Author: Branch |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Carona |
House Bill 2907 amends the Education Code to specify, in various provisions setting out the eligibility requirements for a tuition equalization grant, that a person's status as a Texas resident is as defined under provisions relating to tuition rates, rather than as defined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, and to limit the requirement that the person not be a recipient of any form of athletic scholarship to the period while the person is receiving a grant.
House Bill 2907 clarifies that the requirement to complete a certain number of semester credit hours for a person to continue receiving a tuition equalization grant after qualifying for such a grant applies as of the end of each subsequent academic year in which the person receives such a grant and adds the further requirement that the person have completed at least 75 percent of the semester credit hours attempted in the person's most recent full academic year. The bill transfers the obligation to certify the amount of a tuition equalization grant for an undergraduate student who establishes exceptional financial need from the coordinating board to the institution of higher education at which the student is enrolled and establishes that certification is required on determination of a person's financial need rather than on receipt of a certification of the amount of financial need from an approved institution.
The bill specifies that the annual report in which the coordinating board is required to include certain grant recipient information is the annual report to the legislature on financial aid in the state.