By: Bivins S.B. No. 210
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to eligibility under the Early High School Graduation
1-3 Scholarship program.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 56.203, Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 56.203. ELIGIBLE PERSON. To be eligible for the Early
1-8 High School Graduation Scholarship program, a person must:
1-9 (1) have the written approval of at least one of the
1-10 person's parents or a person standing in parental relation to the
1-11 person;
1-12 (2) have successfully completed the recommended or
1-13 advanced high school program established under Section 28.025
1-14 [requirements for a public high school diploma] in not more than 36
1-15 consecutive months and graduated or be eligible for graduation from
1-16 a Texas public high school;
1-17 (3) have attended high school in this state only; and
1-18 (4) be a Texas resident as defined by Texas Higher
1-19 Education Coordinating Board rule.
1-20 SECTION 2. Section 56.203, Education Code, as amended by
1-21 this Act, applies only to a person who enters grade nine no earlier
1-22 than the 2001-2002 school year. A person who entered grade nine
1-23 prior to the 2001-2002 school year is governed by Section 56.203,
1-24 Education Code, as it existed before amendment by this Act, and the
1-25 former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-1 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.