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S.B. No. 814
AN ACT
relating to an exemption for certain military personnel and
veterans from the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills
Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsection (r), Section 51.306, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
(r) This section does not apply to:
(1) a student who accumulated three or more
college-level semester credit hours prior to the 1989 fall
semester;
(2) a student located outside this state who enrolls
in a course offered outside this state by an institution of higher
education;
(3) a deaf student;
(4) a student who has graduated with a baccalaureate
degree from an institution of higher education, an accredited
private or independent institution of higher education, or an
accredited out-of-state institution of higher education;
(5) a student enrolled in a certificate program at a
community or technical college of one year or less;
(6) a student who is a citizen of a country other than
the United States and is not seeking a degree; [or]
(7) a student who is serving on active duty as a member
of:
(A) the armed forces of the United States; or
(B) the Texas National Guard;
(8) a student who is currently serving as and, for at
least the three-year period preceding enrollment, has served as a
member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United
States; or
(9) a student who on or after August 1, 1990, was
honorably discharged, retired, or released from:
(A) active duty as a member of the armed forces of
the United States or the Texas National Guard; or
(B) service as a member of a reserve component of
the armed forces of the United States.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a student who enrolls at a public institution of higher education
for a semester or summer session that begins on or after the
effective date of this Act.
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 814 passed the Senate on
April 10, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 814 passed the House on
May 2, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 0, two present
not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
______________________________
Governor