SRC-JFA H.B. 2214 75(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 2214
By: Delisi (Fraser)
Finance
4-30-97
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, the Texas Education Code grants veterans and their dependents
exemptions from tuition and most fees.  The section for continuing
education courses states that those exemptions do not apply to courses for
which an institution does not receive formula funding, such as
correspondence courses.  Correspondence courses may serve as a military
person's source of a quality education as such a person moves from one
installation to another.  This bill would grant exemptions from tuition
and fees for correspondence courses to individuals currently eligible for
exemptions from other courses and fees under Section 54.203, Education
Code, relating to educational cost exemptions for certain veterans and
dependents of certain veterans.  

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 2214 grants exemptions from tuition and fees for
correspondence courses to individuals currently eligible for exemptions
from other courses and fees under Section 54.203, Education Code, relating
to educational cost exemptions for certain veterans and dependents of
veterans. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 54.545(c), Education Code, to provide that
Subchapters B and D do not apply to a fee charged under this section,
except to a fee for a correspondence course taken by a student who would
qualify for an exemption from tuition under Section 54.203, Education
Code. 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1997.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.