78R6412 KSD-D

By:  Shapleigh                                                    S.B. No. 968



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a program to promote participation by public junior 
college students in individual development account programs.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 61.0816 to read as follows:
	Sec. 61.0816.  INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT ACCOUNT INFORMATION 
PROGRAM.  (a)  The board shall establish and administer a program 
to provide student financial aid offices at public junior colleges 
with information and other assistance to enable those offices to 
provide appropriate students of those colleges with information and 
referrals regarding the availability of and services offered by 
individual development account programs.  The board shall evaluate 
the program as necessary to determine the effectiveness of the 
program at increasing student awareness of and participation in 
individual development account programs.
	(b)  The board may adopt rules for the administration of this 
section.
	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.