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Senate Bill 34 |
Senate Author: Zaffirini |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
House Sponsor: Morrison |
Senate Bill 34 amends the Education Code to provide for the gubernatorial appointment of a nonvoting student regent to the governing board of each university or university system. The bill requires the student government of each public college or university or medical or dental school to solicit applicants for the position and to select five applicants and forward their applications to the university system chancellor or the university president. The bill requires the chancellor or president to select two or more applicants and to forward their applications to the governor, and it requires the governor to appoint one of the applicants to serve a one-year term as student regent for the university system or university that recommended the student for the position. A student regent is not a member of the board of regents but has the same powers and duties as a board member, including the right to attend and participate in board meetings, except that the student may not vote, make or second motions, or be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at any board meeting.
The bill also amends the eligibility requirements for a student to receive a partial rebate of the student's undergraduate tuition by requiring the student to graduate within the same four-or five-year period required for loan forgiveness under the Texas B-On-time loan forgiveness program, except that an otherwise eligible student may receive a rebate if the student fails to graduate within the prescribed time limit solely as a result of hardship or other good cause, including being called to active military duty.