78R4276 KEL-D
By: Giddings H.B. No. 757
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the continuation of the higher education assistance
pilot program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.088, Education Code, as added by
Chapter 795, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001,
is renumbered as Section 61.0901, Education Code, and amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 61.0901 [61.088]. HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE [PILOT]
PROGRAM. (a) The board shall administer and coordinate the Higher
Education Assistance [Pilot] Program to:
(1) provide to prospective students in [three] areas
of this state with the highest number of students who do not attend
institutions of higher education, as determined by the board,
information related to enrollment in public or private or
independent institutions of higher education, including admissions
and financial aid information; and
(2) assist those prospective students in completing
applications related to enrollment in those institutions,
including admissions and financial aid applications.
(b) The board shall provide the information and assistance
required by this section at least twice each year at one or more
appropriate locations in each area served by the [pilot] program.
(c) The board may coordinate with an institution of higher
education or other entity to provide the information and assistance
required by this section in each area served by the [pilot] program.
(d) Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year
[August 31, 2003], the board shall submit to the legislature a
report on the effectiveness of the [pilot] program[, including
recommendations on whether to implement the program on a statewide
basis].
[(e) The pilot program ends and this section expires August
31, 2003.]
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and has the effect of
reenacting, amending, and renumbering Section 61.088, Education
Code, as added by Chapter 795, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2001.