Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 87(R)

Senate Bill 1094

Senate Author:  Creighton et al.

Effective:  9-1-21

House Sponsor:  Frullo


            Senate Bill 1094 amends the Education Code to authorize contract benefits purchased under the prepaid higher education tuition program to be applied to the payment of tuition and fees for a registered apprenticeship program and revises related provisions accordingly. The bill also makes tuition and fees for a registered apprenticeship program eligible for prepayment by tuition units purchased under the prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program funded by the Texas Tomorrow Fund II. The bill clarifies that a medical and dental unit or a registered apprenticeship program is an entity to which certain confidential records relating to the Texas save and match program may be released.