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House Bill 3470 |
House Author: Patrick, Diane et al. |
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Effective: 6-17-11 |
Senate Sponsor: Ogden et al. |
House Bill 3470 amends provisions of the Education Code relating to the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. The bill removes language limiting eligibility for an initial scholarship to students enrolled as freshmen, increases from five to six the number of years within which a student is required to graduate as a condition of eligibility under a scholarship agreement, and extends scholarship eligibility to include students who agree to enter into a four-year commitment to be a member of the Texas State Guard, United States Coast Guard, or United States Merchant Marine.
Previous law required the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule to provide for any amount paid to a student by a branch of the United States armed services during an academic year to be deducted from the amount of the scholarship awarded to the student for that academic year. House Bill 3470 removes that requirement and instead requires a scholarship to be reduced for an academic year by the amount by which the full amount of the scholarship plus the total amount to be paid to the student for being under contract with one of the branches of the United States armed services exceeds the student's total cost of attendance for that academic year at the institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled. The bill requires the coordinating board to adopt rules for the administration of the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program as amended by the bill's provisions.