Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1876 amends the Education Code to revise the student eligibility criteria for financial assistance under the Texas Department of Transportation's conditional grant program so that the program targets economically disadvantaged Texas residents who agree to work for the department as engineers or in another capacity in which the department determines there is a need. The bill requires the department to give highest priority to students who demonstrate the greatest financial need when awarding grants under the program, and it allows the department to consider whether an applicant would be the first member of the applicant's family to attend or graduate from an undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree program.