By Wilson H.B. No. 1312 74R5602 SMH-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to financial assistance for certain intercollegiate 1-3 athletes. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 56, Education Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subchapter K to read as follows: 1-7 SUBCHAPTER K. TEXAS INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETE GRANTS 1-8 Sec. 56.181. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "program" 1-9 means the Texas Intercollegiate Athlete Grant Program at an 1-10 institution of higher education. 1-11 Sec. 56.182. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT. The governing board of 1-12 an institution of higher education may establish a Texas 1-13 Intercollegiate Athlete Grant Program to provide grants to students 1-14 enrolled at the institution. 1-15 Sec. 56.183. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. (a) The program must: 1-16 (1) provide a grant to a student in an amount 1-17 determined by the governing board of the institution of higher 1-18 education establishing the program not to exceed $200 a month for 1-19 the period for which the grant is made; and 1-20 (2) be administered by the institution's financial aid 1-21 office. 1-22 (b) The governing board may adopt rules providing 1-23 application procedures for a grant under this subchapter. 1-24 Sec. 56.184. PROGRAM FUNDING. (a) The governing board of 2-1 the institution of higher education establishing a program may set 2-2 aside each academic year not less than five percent or more than 10 2-3 percent of the institution's total receipts from athletic 2-4 activities to be used only for grants awarded to students under 2-5 this subchapter. 2-6 (b) A grant provided under this subchapter to a student may 2-7 not be considered in determining whether the student is entitled to 2-8 other athletic scholarship aid, including aid for tuition, fees, 2-9 room, board, or books. 2-10 Sec. 56.185. ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible to receive a grant 2-11 under this subchapter, a student must be: 2-12 (1) enrolled in an institution of higher education; 2-13 and 2-14 (2) a recipient of an athletic scholarship during the 2-15 period for which the grant is to be awarded. 2-16 Sec. 56.186. LIMITATIONS ON GRANTS. A grant awarded under 2-17 this subchapter terminates if the student awarded the grant: 2-18 (1) becomes ineligible to receive the grant; 2-19 (2) becomes ineligible to receive the student's 2-20 athletic scholarship; or 2-21 (3) ceases to participate in appropriate, scheduled 2-22 athletic activities of the institution of higher education awarding 2-23 the grant. 2-24 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 3-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 3-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 3-3 passage, and it is so enacted.