1-1 By: Junell, Coleman (Senate Sponsor - Bivins) H.B. No. 2531
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2001;
1-3 May 4, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Education; May 9, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0;
1-6 May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2531 By: Bivins
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to tuition and fees charged at public institutions of
1-11 higher education.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 54.051(c), Education Code, is amended to
1-14 read as follows:
1-15 (c) Unless a different rate is specified by this section,
1-16 tuition for a resident student at a general academic teaching
1-17 institution is $50 [the greater of:]
1-18 [(1) $120 for each semester or 12-week summer session
1-19 and $60 for each six-week summer term; or]
1-20 [(2) $40] per semester credit hour.
1-21 SECTION 2. Section 54.0512, Education Code is amended to
1-22 read as follows:
1-23 Sec. 54.0512. INTERIM TUITION RATES. (a) Notwithstanding
1-24 Section 54.051 [of this code], tuition for the applicable academic
1-25 years described by this section is as provided by this section.
1-26 (b) Tuition for a resident student at a general academic
1-27 teaching institution is [the greater of $120 for each semester or
1-28 12-week summer session and $60 for each six-week summer term or]:
1-29 (1) [or the 1994-1995 academic year, $28 per semester
1-30 credit hour;]
1-31 [(2) for the 1995-1996 academic year, $30 per semester
1-32 credit hour;]
1-33 [(3) for the 1996-1997 academic year, $32 per semester
1-34 credit hour;]
1-35 [(4) for the 1997-1998 academic year, $34 per semester
1-36 credit hour;]
1-37 [(5) for the 1998-1999 academic year, $36 per semester
1-38 credit hour;]
1-39 [(6) for the 1999-2000 academic year, $38 per semester
1-40 credit hour; and]
1-41 [(7)] for the 2000-2001 academic year, $40 per
1-42 semester credit hour;
1-43 (2) for the 2001-2002 academic year, $42 per semester
1-44 credit hour;
1-45 (3) for the 2002-2003 academic year, $44 per semester
1-46 credit hour;
1-47 (4) for the 2003-2004 academic year, $46 per semester
1-48 credit hour;
1-49 (5) for the 2004-2005 academic year, $48 per semester
1-50 credit hour; and
1-51 (6) for the 2005-2006 academic year, $50 per semester
1-52 credit hour.
1-53 (c) [Tuition for a nonresident student at a general academic
1-54 teaching institution for the 1985-1986 and 1986-987 academic years
1-55 is $120 per semester credit hour.]
1-56 [(d) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
1-57 leading to an M.D. or D.O. degree is:]
1-58 [(1) for the 1985-1986 academic year, $1,219;]
1-59 [(2) for the 1986-1987 academic year, $2,400;]
1-60 [(3) for the 1987-1988 academic year, $3,600; and]
1-61 [(4) for the 1988-1989 academic year, $4,800.]
1-62 [(e) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
1-63 leading to a D.D.S. degree is:]
1-64 [(1) for the 1985-1986 academic year, $900;]
2-1 [(2) for the 1986-1987 academic year, $1,600;]
2-2 [(3) for the 1987-1988 academic year, $2,500; and]
2-3 [(4) for the 1988-1989 academic year, $3,500.]
2-4 [(f) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
2-5 leading to a D.V.M. degree is:]
2-6 [(1) for the 1985-1986 academic year, $800;]
2-7 [(2) for the 1986-1987 academic year, $1,200;]
2-8 [(3) for the 1987-1988 academic year, $2,400; and]
2-9 [(4) for the 1988-1989 academic year, $3,600.]
2-10 [(g) Tuition for a resident student registered at a law
2-11 school is:]
2-12 [(1) for the 1985-1986 academic year, $24 per semester
2-13 credit hour;]
2-14 [(2) for the 1986-1987 academic year, $36 per semester
2-15 credit hour; and]
2-16 [(3) for the 1987-1988 academic year, $48 per semester
2-17 credit hour.]
2-18 [(h)] Tuition for academic years not specifically covered by
2-19 this section is at the rates provided by Section 54.051 [of this
2-20 code].
2-21 (d) This section expires January 1, 2008 [2002].
2-22 SECTION 3. Section 54.0513(b), Education Code, is amended to
2-23 read as follows:
2-24 (b) In addition to amounts that a governing board of an
2-25 institution of higher education is authorized to charge as tuition
2-26 under the other provisions of this chapter, the governing board is
2-27 authorized to charge as tuition in an academic year an amount not
2-28 to exceed the amount charged under Sections 54.051 or 54.0512, as
2-29 applicable, in that academic year [the following maximum amounts:]
2-30 [(1) $34 per semester credit hour for the 1997-1998
2-31 academic year;]
2-32 [(2) $36 per semester credit hour for the 1998-1999
2-33 academic year;]
2-34 [(3) $38 per semester credit hour for the 1999-2000
2-35 academic year; and]
2-36 [(4) $40 per semester credit hour for the 2000-2001
2-37 academic year and each academic year thereafter].
2-38 SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
2-39 amended by adding Section 54.069 to read as follows:
2-40 Sec. 54.069. BILLING AND NOTIFICATION FOR TUITION. For
2-41 billing and catalogue purposes, each governing board shall
2-42 accumulate all the tuition that it charges under this subchapter
2-43 into one tuition charge.
2-44 SECTION 5. Section 56.053(a), Education Code, is amended to
2-45 read as follows:
2-46 (a) The governing board of each institution shall adopt
2-47 rules providing for the terms of the loan, subject to the
2-48 following:
2-49 (1) the loan must be repaid over a period not to
2-50 exceed 90 days for a loan made for a regular semester or long
2-51 summer session or over a proportionately shorter period for loans
2-52 made for a six-week summer session;
2-53 (2) the loan must be evidenced by a promissory note
2-54 that bears interest at a rate of not more than five percent per
2-55 year; and
2-56 (3) the maximum loan amount per student may not be
2-57 less than an amount equal to the tuition and required fees for the
2-58 courses in which the student is actually enrolling, unless the
2-59 institution determines that a lower amount would be in the best
2-60 interest of the student.
2-61 SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with tuition charges
2-62 imposed for the fall semester, 2001.
2-63 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-64 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-65 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-66 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-67 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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