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SENATE BILL 40 |
SENATE AUTHOR: Zaffirini et al. |
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EFFECTIVE: 6-17-01 |
HOUSE SPONSOR: Naishtat |
Senate Bill 40 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to establish and administer a tuition assistance program for vocational nursing students who agree to practice in a long-term care facility in this state after becoming licensed. The bill requires a student who receives assistance under the program, on completion of all the courses required for licensing, to fulfill the student's long-term care facility work obligation within the period specified by the board, unless the board grants additional time either to begin or to complete that obligation on a showing of good cause. The person receiving tuition assistance under the program must sign a promissory note acknowledging the conditional nature of the assistance and promising to repay the assistance plus any applicable interest and related costs if the person fails to fulfill either the work obligation within the required time or any other condition attached to the assistance.