By Coleman H.B. No. 2467
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2467:
By Harris C.S.H.B. No. 2467
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to tuition rates at public institutions of higher
1-3 education.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 54.008, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read
1-7 as follows:
1-8 (a) The tuition rates provided by Subchapter B of this
1-9 chapter are minimum rates. Except as provided by Subsection (e),
1-10 the <The> governing board of each institution of higher education
1-11 shall set tuition for graduate programs for that institution at a
1-12 rate that is at least equal to that prescribed by Subchapter B of
1-13 this chapter, but that is not more than twice the rate prescribed
1-14 by Subchapter B of this chapter. Between the maximum and minimum
1-15 rates, the board may set the differential tuition among programs
1-16 offered by an institution of higher education.
1-17 (e) The governing board of an institution of higher
1-18 education shall set tuition for an optometry program at the
1-19 institution at a rate that is at least equal to the rate prescribed
1-20 by Subchapter B of this chapter but not more than three times the
1-21 rate prescribed by Subchapter B of this chapter.
1-22 (f) The governing board of an institution of higher
1-23 education shall set tuition for a pharmacy program at the
2-1 institution at a rate that is at least equal to the rate prescribed
2-2 by Subchapter B of this chapter but not more than twice the rate
2-3 prescribed by Subchapter B of this chapter.
2-4 (g) The legislature in an appropriations act shall account
2-5 for the increase in revenue attributable to the annual statutory
2-6 tuition increases prescribed by section 54.0512(b) in a way that
2-7 does not reduce the general revenue appropriation to that
2-8 institution.
2-9 SECTION 2. Section 54.051(i), Education Code, is amended to
2-10 read as follows:
2-11 (i) Tuition for a resident student registered at a law
2-12 school is $75 <$60> per semester credit hour. Tuition for a
2-13 nonresident student registered at a law school is $200 <$150> per
2-14 semester credit hour.
2-15 SECTION 3. Section 54.0512(b), Education Code, is amended to
2-16 read as follows:
2-17 (b) Tuition for a resident student at a general academic
2-18 teaching institution is the greater of $100 for each semester or
2-19 12-week summer session and $50 for each six-week summer term or:
2-20 (1) <for the 1991-1992 academic year, $20 per semester
2-21 credit hour;>
2-22 <(2) for the 1992-1993 academic year, $24 per semester
2-23 credit hour;>
2-24 <(3) for the 1993-1994 academic year, $26 per semester
2-25 credit hour;>
3-1 <(4)> for the 1994-1995 academic year, $28 per
3-2 semester credit hour;
3-3 (2) <(5)> for the 1995-1996 academic year, $30 per
3-4 semester credit hour; <and>
3-5 (3) <(6)> for the 1996-1997 academic year, $32 per
3-6 semester credit hour;
3-7 (4) for the 1997-1998 academic year, $34 per semester
3-8 credit hour;
3-9 (5) for the 1998-1999 academic year, $36 per semester
3-10 credit hour;
3-11 (6) for the 1999-2000 academic year, $38 per semester
3-12 credit hour; and
3-13 (7) for the 2000-2001 academic year, $40 per semester
3-14 credit hour.
3-15 SECTION 4. Section 54.064(a), Education Code, is amended to
3-16 read as follows:
3-17 (a) A student who holds a competitive academic scholarship
3-18 of at least $1,000 <$200> for the academic year or summer for which
3-19 the student is enrolled and who is either a nonresident or a
3-20 citizen of a country other than the United States of America is
3-21 entitled to pay the fees and charges required of Texas residents
3-22 without regard to the length of time the student has resided in
3-23 Texas. The student must compete with other students, including
3-24 Texas residents, for the academic scholarship and the scholarship
3-25 must be awarded by a scholarship committee officially recognized by
4-1 the administration and be approved by the Texas Higher Education
4-2 Coordinating Board under criteria developed by the board.
4-3 SECTION 5. (a) Sections 1 and 2 of this Act apply beginning
4-4 with tuition charged for the fall semester of 1995.
4-5 (b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 54.064,
4-6 Education Code, applies beginning with tuition charged for the fall
4-7 semester of 1995, except that a student awarded a scholarship
4-8 before September 1, 1995, for a semester or term of the 1995-1996
4-9 academic year that would have made the student eligible to pay
4-10 resident tuition under Section 54.064 as that section existed on
4-11 January 1, 1995, is covered by Section 54.064 as that section
4-12 existed on January 1, 1995, for each semester or term of the
4-13 1995-1996 academic year for which the student receives the
4-14 scholarship.
4-15 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
4-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
4-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
4-20 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
4-21 passage, and it is so enacted.