1-1 By: Bivins S.B. No. 1466
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 17, 2001,
1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; April 17, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1466 By: Bivins
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to tuition and fees charged at public institutions of
1-10 higher education.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 54.051, Education Code,
1-13 is amended to read as follows:
1-14 (c) Unless a different rate is specified by this section,
1-15 tuition for a resident student at a general academic teaching
1-16 institution is $50 [the greater of:]
1-17 [(1) $120 for each semester or 12-week summer session
1-18 and $60 for each six-week summer term; or]
1-19 [(2) $40] per semester credit hour.
1-20 SECTION 2. Section 54.0512, Education Code, is amended to
1-21 read as follows:
1-22 Sec. 54.0512. INTERIM TUITION RATES. (a) Notwithstanding
1-23 Section 54.051 [of this code], tuition for the applicable academic
1-24 years described by this section is as provided by this section.
1-25 (b) Tuition for a resident student at a general academic
1-26 teaching institution is [the greater of $120 for each semester or
1-27 12-week summer session and $60 for each six-week summer term or]:
1-28 (1) [for the 1994-1995 academic year, $28 per semester
1-29 credit hour;]
1-30 [(2) for the 1995-1996 academic year, $30 per semester
1-31 credit hour;]
1-32 [(3) for the 1996-1997 academic year, $32 per semester
1-33 credit hour;]
1-34 [(4) for the 1997-1998 academic year, $34 per semester
1-35 credit hour;]
1-36 [(5) for the 1998-1999 academic year, $36 per semester
1-37 credit hour;]
1-38 [(6) for the 1999-2000 academic year, $38 per semester
1-39 credit hour; and]
1-40 [(7)] for the 2000-2001 academic year, $40 per
1-41 semester credit hour;
1-42 (2) for the 2001-2002 academic year, $42 per semester
1-43 credit hour;
1-44 (3) for the 2002-2003 academic year, $44 per semester
1-45 credit hour;
1-46 (4) for the 2003-2004 academic year, $46 per semester
1-47 credit hour;
1-48 (5) for the 2004-2005 academic year, $48 per semester
1-49 credit hour; and
1-50 (6) for the 2005-2006 academic year, $50 per semester
1-51 credit hour.
1-52 (c) [Tuition for a nonresident student at a general academic
1-53 teaching institution for the 1985-1986 and 1986-1987 academic years
1-54 is $120 per semester credit hour.]
1-55 [(d) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
1-56 leading to an M.D. or D.O. degree is:]
1-57 [(1) for the 1985-1986 academic year, $1,219;]
1-58 [(2) for the 1986-1987 academic year, $2,400;]
1-59 [(3) for the 1987-1988 academic year, $3,600; and]
1-60 [(4) for the 1988-1989 academic year, $4,800.]
1-61 [(e) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
1-62 leading to a D.D.S. degree is:]
1-63 [(1) for the 1985-1986 academic year, $900;]
1-64 [(2) for the 1986-1987 academic year, $1,600;]
2-1 [(3) for the 1987-1988 academic year, $2,500; and]
2-2 [(4) for the 1988-1989 academic year, $3,500.]
2-3 [(f) Tuition for a resident student enrolled in a program
2-4 leading to a D.V.M. degree is:]
2-5 [(1) for the 1985-1986 academic year, $800;]
2-6 [(2) for the 1986-1987 academic year, $1,200;]
2-7 [(3) for the 1987-1988 academic year, $2,400; and]
2-8 [(4) for the 1988-1989 academic year, $3,600.]
2-9 [(g) Tuition for a resident student registered at a law
2-10 school is:]
2-11 [(1) for the 1985-1986 academic year, $24 per semester
2-12 credit hour;]
2-13 [(2) for the 1986-1987 academic year, $36 per semester
2-14 credit hour; and]
2-15 [(3) for the 1987-1988 academic year, $48 per semester
2-16 credit hour.]
2-17 [(h)] Tuition for academic years not specifically covered by
2-18 this section is at the rates provided by Section 54.051 [of this
2-19 code].
2-20 (d) This section expires January 1, 2008 [2002].
2-21 SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 54.0513, Education Code,
2-22 is amended to read as follows:
2-23 (b) In addition to amounts that a governing board of an
2-24 institution of higher education is authorized to charge as tuition
2-25 under the other provisions of this chapter, the governing board is
2-26 authorized to charge as tuition in an academic year an amount not
2-27 to exceed the amount charged under Sections 54.051 or 54.0512, as
2-28 applicable, in that academic year [the following maximum amounts:]
2-29 [(1) $34 per semester credit hour for the 1997-1998
2-30 academic year;]
2-31 [(2) $36 per semester credit hour for the 1998-1999
2-32 academic year;]
2-33 [(3) $38 per semester credit hour for the 1999-2000
2-34 academic year; and]
2-35 [(4) $40 per semester credit hour for the 2000-2001
2-36 academic year and each academic year thereafter].
2-37 SECTION 4. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
2-38 amended by adding Section 54.069 to read as follows:
2-39 Sec. 54.069. BILLING AND NOTIFICATION FOR TUITION. For
2-40 billing and catalogue purposes, each governing board shall
2-41 accumulate all the tuition that it charges under this subchapter
2-42 into one tuition charge.
2-43 SECTION 5. Subsection (a), Section 56.053, Education Code,
2-44 is amended to read as follows:
2-45 (a) The governing board of each institution shall adopt
2-46 rules providing for the terms of the loan, subject to the
2-47 following:
2-48 (1) the loan must be repaid over a period not to
2-49 exceed 90 days for a loan made for a regular semester or long
2-50 summer session or over a proportionately shorter period for loans
2-51 made for a six-week summer session;
2-52 (2) the loan must be evidenced by a promissory note
2-53 that bears interest at a rate of not more than five percent per
2-54 year; and
2-55 (3) the maximum loan amount per student may not be
2-56 less than an amount equal to the tuition and required fees for the
2-57 courses in which the student is actually enrolling unless the
2-58 institution determines that a lower amount would be in the best
2-59 interest of the student.
2-60 SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with tuition charges
2-61 imposed for the fall semester, 2001.
2-62 SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-63 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-64 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-65 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-66 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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