MMA H.B. 1384 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS


HIGHER EDUCATION
H.B. 1384
By: Telford
4-9-97
Committee Report (Unamended)



BACKGROUND 

Section 54.060(a), 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 school located in a county
adjacent to the nonresident's home state shall pay tuition in an amount
equal to the amount charged a Texas resident registered in a similar
school in the nonresident's state. The same reciprocity applies to
out-of-state students graduating or completing 45 semester hours at a
participating junior college or technical school if they choose to attend
or transfer to a public senior upper-level institution located within the
same county as the junior college or technical school. 

PURPOSE

H.B. 1384 would include public upper-level institutions of higher
education among those institutions not applying the nonresident tuition
fee, as described in this section, to a nonresident student residing in
bordering states. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

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

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 54.060(a), Chapter 54, Education Code, to read
as follows: 
 Sec. 54.060.  RESIDENT OF BORDERING STATE OR NATION OR PARTICIPANT IN
STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM:  TUITION. Adds nonresident tuition fee exemption
for a student who registers at a public upper-level institution of higher
education. Also, deletes the requirement of a nonresident student having
to pay equivalent fees charged to Texas students registered at a similar
institution in the state in which the nonresident student resides, and
defines "public upper-level institution of higher education." 

SECTION 2.  Effective beginning with tuition charged for fall semester,
1997. 

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.