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Senate Bill 1210 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini et al. |
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Effective: 6-14-13 |
House Sponsor: Branch |
Senate Bill 1210 amends the Education Code to condition a graduate or undergraduate student's continued receipt of a tuition or fee exemption or waiver at a public institution of higher education for a subsequent semester or term, after initially qualifying for the exemption or waiver for a semester or term at that institution, on the person's maintaining a grade point average that satisfies the institution's requirement for satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or certificate in accordance with the institution's financial aid eligibility policy and, if the person is an undergraduate student, on the person's not having completed as of the beginning of the semester or term a number of semester credit hours that is considered to be excessive, unless the person is permitted to complete those hours on a showing of good cause.
Senate Bill 1210 specifies certain types of credit hours included and excluded in a determination regarding whether the person has completed a number of semester credit hours that is considered to be excessive and requires each institution of higher education to adopt a policy to allow a student who fails to maintain a grade point average as required by the bill's provisions to receive an exemption or waiver in any semester or term on a showing of hardship or other good cause such as a severe illness or other debilitating condition, certain family responsibilities, or active military duty. The bill excepts certain tuition and fee waivers and exemptions from the conditions of eligibility for continued receipt.
Senate Bill 1210 limits the applicability of a mandatory or discretionary exemption or waiver from the payment of tuition or other fees to courses for which an institution of higher education receives formula funding.