1-1 By: Bivins S.B. No. 210
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 9, 2001; January 11, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
1-4 February 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas
1-5 7, Nays 0; February 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to eligibility under the Early High School Graduation
1-9 Scholarship program.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 56.203, Education Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 56.203. ELIGIBLE PERSON. To be eligible for the Early
1-14 High School Graduation Scholarship program, a person must:
1-15 (1) have the written approval of at least one of the
1-16 person's parents or a person standing in parental relation to the
1-17 person;
1-18 (2) have successfully completed the recommended or
1-19 advanced high school program established under Section 28.025
1-20 [requirements for a public high school diploma] in not more than 36
1-21 consecutive months and graduated or be eligible for graduation from
1-22 a Texas public high school;
1-23 (3) have attended high school in this state only; and
1-24 (4) be a Texas resident as defined by Texas Higher
1-25 Education Coordinating Board rule.
1-26 SECTION 2. Section 56.203, Education Code, as amended by
1-27 this Act, applies only to a person who graduates from high school
1-28 or becomes eligible to graduate from high school on or after the
1-29 effective date of this Act. A person who graduated from high
1-30 school or became eligible to graduate from high school before the
1-31 effective date of this Act is governed by Section 56.203, Education
1-32 Code, as it existed before amendment by this Act, and the former
1-33 law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-34 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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