SRC-MSY S.B. 1366 78(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1366 78R3004 KKA-DBy: Bivins Education 3/27/2003 As Filed DIGEST AND PURPOSE Current Texas law allows students who graduate from an accredited high school within 36 months to be eligible for a $1000 Early High School Graduation Scholarship. As proposed, S.B. 1366 amends the requirements to require a student to graduate early with a recommended or advanced diploma in order to be eligible for the early graduation scholarship. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 56.203, Education Code, by providing that a person must have successfully completed the recommended or advanced high school program established under Section 28.025, rather than requirements for a public high school diploma, in a certain time period in order to be eligible for the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program. SECTION 2. Provides that Section 56.203, Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a person who enters grade nine during or after the 2003-2004 school year. Provides that a person who enters grade nine before that time is governed by the law as it existed previously. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2003.