78R27 KSD-D

By:  Shapleigh                                                    S.B. No. 201



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the tuition charged certain foreign students attending 
a public junior college in a county bordering Mexico.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Section 54.060, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  The governing board of a junior college district that 
operates a public junior college in a county that borders the United 
Mexican States may waive the foreign student tuition prescribed by 
this chapter for a student who is a resident of the United Mexican 
States, who registers for lower division courses at that public 
junior college, and who demonstrates a financial need after the 
financial resources of the foreign student and the student's family 
are considered.  A foreign student for whom the junior college 
district waives the foreign student tuition under this subsection 
shall pay tuition at the rate charged Texas residents who reside 
outside the junior college district.  The coordinating board shall 
adopt rules governing the determination of financial need of 
students under this subsection.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 
beginning with tuition charged for the 2003 fall semester.
	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.