By Homer H.B. No. 2198
77R7710 JSA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the eligibility of certain higher education students
1-3 for a Texas Public Education Grant.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 56.034(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) Financial need shall be the only consideration in
1-8 establishing guidelines to determine a student's eligibility for a
1-9 grant, except that returning students who are on scholastic
1-10 probation or all students on disciplinary probation may be
1-11 considered [deemed] ineligible at the governing board's discretion.
1-12 A governing board may not include in its guidelines a provision
1-13 that restricts the eligibility of a student who is not a resident
1-14 of this state to receive a grant or that otherwise treats a student
1-15 who is not a resident of this state differently from a student who
1-16 is a resident of this state.
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-20 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.