SRC-MWN H.B. 3265 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 3265
By: Lewis, Glenn (Ogden)
Education
5/4/2001
Engrossed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, an institution of higher education (institution) is required to
provide written notice of possible sanctions for failure to make full
payment in promissory notes for all students paying on the authorized
installment payment plan for tuition and fees. Because of this requirement,
an institution desiring to impose sanctions on students failing to pay
their tuition and fees must have a written promissory note signed by such
students. However, this requirement is seen by some as a burdensome
administrative procedure, as students receive information relating to other
institutional policies and procedures in college catalogs and course
pamphlets. H.B. 3265 authorizes the governing board of an institution to
provide the required notification to students regarding penalties inside
material already provided to students when the students register, and
requires the governing board to include the notification in any promissory
note signed by a student.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

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

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 54.007(c), Education Code, to prohibit the
governing board from imposing on a student any sanction authorized by this
subsection unless when the student registers or selects a method of payment
under Subsection (a), the governing board gives to the student a written
notice of possible sanctions that contains a certain statement. Requires
the governing board to also include the statement in any promissory note
signed by the student. Deletes text regarding promissory note signed by the
student. 

SECTION 2. Provides that the change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with tuition and fees charged for the 2001 fall semester. 

SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.