79S30289 CAS-D

By:  Flores                                                       H.B. No. 75 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to eligibility for an award through the Early High School 
Graduation Scholarship program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 56.203, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read 
as follows:
	(a)  To be eligible for an award through the Early High 
School Graduation Scholarship program, a person must:
		(1)  have graduated from high school:                                         
			(A)  in not more than 41 consecutive months and 
successfully completed the recommended or advanced high school 
program established under Section 28.025, if the person graduated 
on or after September 1, 2005;
			(B)  in not more than 45 consecutive months, with 
at least 30 hours of college credit, and successfully completed the 
recommended or advanced high school program established under 
Section 28.025, if the person graduated on or after September 1, 
2005; or
			(C)  in not more than 36 consecutive months after 
successfully completing the requirements for a high school diploma, 
if the person graduated before September 1, 2005, regardless of 
whether the person successfully completed the recommended or 
advanced high school program established under Section 28.025;
		(2)  have attended high school exclusively in one or 
more public high schools in this state, except as provided by 
Subsection (e); and
		(3)  be a Texas resident as defined by coordinating 
board rule, except as provided by Subsection (e).
	(e)  A person described by Subsection (a)(1)(A) or (B) who is 
otherwise eligible for an award and who is a migratory child, as 
defined by 20 U.S.C. Section 6399, is eligible for an award through 
the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program despite the 
student's inability to satisfy Subsection (a)(2) or (3) if:
		(1)  the person graduates from a public high school in 
this state; and
		(2)  the primary reason for the person's attendance at 
each high school the person attended other than a public high school 
in this state is the migratory agricultural or fishing work of the 
person, the person's parent, or the person's spouse.
	(f)  The coordinating board shall adopt rules for 
determining under Subsection (e)(2) whether the primary reason for 
a person's attendance at a high school other than a public high 
school in this state is the migratory agricultural or fishing work 
of the person, the person's parent, or the person's spouse.  The 
coordinating board may adopt other rules the board considers 
necessary for the administration of Subsection (e).
	SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to 
a student who graduates from a public high school in this state on 
or after the effective date of this Act.  A student who graduates 
from a public high school in this state before the effective date of 
this Act and the student's eligibility to participate in the Early 
High School Graduation Scholarship program is governed by the law 
in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the 
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.