BILL ANALYSIS


                                                         S.B. 179
                                                      By: Ratliff
                                                        Education
                                                         01-25-95
                                     Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Section 54.060(a) of the Education Code provides that a nonresident
student who is a resident of a state adjacent to Texas and who
registers in any Texas public junior college or public technical
institute situated in a county adjacent to the nonresident's home
state shall pay tuition in an amount equal to the amount charged a
Texas student registered at a similar school in the nonresident
student's state. The same reciprocity applies to out-of-state
students graduating or completing 45 semester credit hours at a
participating junior college or technical institute if they choose
to attend or transfer to a public senior upper level institution
(an institution offering only junior, senior and graduate level
programs) located within the same county as the junior college or
technical institute.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 179 provides that nonresident tuition fees at
public upper-level institutions of higher education do not apply
for students residing in bordering states.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 54.060(a), Education Code, to provide
that the nonresident tuition fee does not apply to a student who
registers in a Texas public upper-level institution of higher
education or public junior college. Deletes the requirement of a
nonresident student to pay equivalent fees to those charged Texas
students registered at a similar institution in the state in which
the nonresident student resides. Makes conforming changes.

SECTION 2. Amends Section 61.003, Education Code, by adding
Subsection (16), to define "public upper-level institution of
higher education."

SECTION 3. Provides that this Act applies beginning with the fall
semester of 1995.

SECTION 4. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.