78R8641 T
By: Barrientos S.B. No. 1163
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the Early High School Graduation Scholarship Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.204, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) An eligible person under the Early High School
Graduation Scholarship program is entitled to $2,000 [$1,000] in
state tuition credits at a Texas public or private institution of
higher education.
(b) The use of a credit at a Texas private institution is
contingent on a private institution's agreement to match the state
tuition credit.
(c) A person eligible for a tuition credit under the tuition
credit program authorized by Rider 1223, page III-9, Chapter 19,
Acts of the 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991 (the General
Appropriations Act), who did not receive a credit under that
program is eligible for and entitled to $2,000 [$1,000] in state
tuition credits under this subchapter. This subsection expires
September 1, 2005.
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.