By Ogden S.B. No. 1801
77R12172 JSA-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the amount of tuition that a public institution of
1-3 higher education must set aside for Texas Public Education Grants.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 56.033(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (a) The governing board [boards] of each institution
1-8 [institutions] of higher education, including [and] the Texas State
1-9 Technical College System, shall cause to be set aside:
1-10 (1) except as otherwise provided by Subdivisions (3)
1-11 and (4), 7.5 [for the 1991-1992 academic year, not less than nine
1-12 percent nor more than 15 percent out of each resident student's
1-13 tuition charge under Section 54.051 of this code as provided by the
1-14 General Appropriations Act for the applicable academic year;]
1-15 [(2) for the 1992-1993 academic year and each
1-16 subsequent academic year, not less than 15 percent nor more than
1-17 20] percent out of each resident student's tuition charge under
1-18 Section 54.051 [of this code as provided by the General
1-19 Appropriations Act for the applicable academic year; in specifying
1-20 the percentage to be set aside for the 1991-1992 and 1992-1993
1-21 academic years, the legislature shall consider the recommendations
1-22 of the Select Committee on Higher Education established by H.C.R.
1-23 No. 105, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985];
1-24 (2) [(3)] three percent out of each nonresident
2-1 student's tuition charge under Section 54.051 [of this code];
2-2 (3) [(4)] six percent out of each resident student's
2-3 hourly tuition charge, and $1.50 out of each nonresident student's
2-4 hourly tuition charge, for academic courses at a public community
2-5 or [and] junior college [colleges]; and
2-6 (4) [(5)] six percent of hourly tuition charges for
2-7 vocational-technical courses at a public community or [and] junior
2-8 college [colleges].
2-9 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect immediately if it
2-10 receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
2-11 house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
2-12 If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
2-13 effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-14 (b) The change in law made by this Act applies beginning
2-15 with the 2001 fall semester.