78R12387 JSA-F


By:  Heflin, Hunter, Puente, Giddings, Wise                       H.B. No. 3209



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount of financial assistance a student may 
receive under the TEXAS grant and tuition equalization grant 
programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 56.307(h), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(h)  The total amount of grants that a student may receive in 
an academic year under this subchapter and under Section 61.221 may 
not exceed the total amount of tuition and required fees charged to 
the student for the academic periods for which one or more of the 
grants were awarded [maximum amount authorized under Section 
61.227].
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 
beginning with the 2003-2004 academic year.
	SECTION 3.  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.