1-1 By: Delisi, Berman (Senate Sponsor - Truan) H.B. No. 2143
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
1-3 May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Education; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to tuition charges by school districts for certain
1-9 military dependents.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 25.004, Education Code, is amended to read
1-12 as follows:
1-13 Sec. 25.004. TUITION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY DEPENDENTS
1-14 PROHIBITED. A school district may not charge tuition for the
1-15 attendance of a student who is [not] domiciled in another [this]
1-16 state and resides in military housing that is located in the
1-17 district but is exempt from taxation by the district. [The tuition
1-18 rate may not exceed an amount equal to the district's average
1-19 expenditure per student from local funds.]
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-21 school year.
1-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-23 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-25 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-26 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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