1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to tuition charges by school districts for certain
1-3 military dependents.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 25.004, Education Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 Sec. 25.004. TUITION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY DEPENDENTS
1-8 PROHIBITED. A school district may not charge tuition for the
1-9 attendance of a student who is [not] domiciled in another [this]
1-10 state and resides in military housing that is located in the
1-11 district but is exempt from taxation by the district. [The tuition
1-12 rate may not exceed an amount equal to the district's average
1-13 expenditure per student from local funds.]
1-14 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-15 school year.
1-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2143 was passed by the House on May
5, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2143 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor