1-1 By: Ellis S.B. No. 1814
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 18, 2001; April 19, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 30, 2001,
1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 30, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1814 By: Truan
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the tuition for law school and graduate and
1-10 professional pharmacy courses at public institutions of higher
1-11 education.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 54.008, Education Code, is amended by
1-14 amending Subsections (a) and (f) and adding Subsection (g) to read
1-15 as follows:
1-16 (a) The tuition rates provided by Subchapter B of this
1-17 chapter are minimum rates. Except as provided by Subsections
1-18 [Subsection] (e), (f), and (g), the governing board of each
1-19 institution of higher education shall set tuition for graduate
1-20 programs for that institution at a rate that is at least equal to
1-21 that prescribed by Subchapter B [of this chapter], but that is not
1-22 more than twice the rate prescribed by Subchapter B [of this
1-23 chapter]. Between the maximum and minimum rates, the board may set
1-24 the differential tuition among programs offered by an institution
1-25 of higher education.
1-26 (f) The governing board of an institution of higher
1-27 education shall set tuition for an undergraduate pharmacy program
1-28 at the institution at a rate that is at least equal to the rate
1-29 prescribed by Subchapter B [of this chapter] but not more than
1-30 twice the rate prescribed by Subchapter B [of this chapter]. The
1-31 governing board of an institution of higher education shall set
1-32 tuition for a graduate or professional pharmacy program at the
1-33 institution at a rate that is at least equal to the rate prescribed
1-34 by Subchapter B but not more than three times the rate prescribed
1-35 by Subchapter B.
1-36 (g) The governing board of an institution of higher
1-37 education shall set tuition for a law school at the institution at
1-38 a rate that is at least equal to the rate prescribed by Subchapter
1-39 B but not more than three times the rate prescribed by Subchapter
1-40 B.
1-41 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-42 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-43 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-44 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-45 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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