79R10524 JRJ-D
By: Gonzales, Pena, Martinez, Guillen H.B. No. 994
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the tuition charged for certain courses repeated by
students attending public junior colleges and public technical
institutes.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130.0034 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.0034. TUITION FOR REPEATED COURSES. (a) The
governing board of a public junior college district may charge a
student a higher rate of tuition than the tuition that would
otherwise be charged for a course in which the student enrolls if:
(1) the student has previously enrolled in the same
course or a course of substantially the same content and level two
or more times; and
(2) the student's enrollment in the course is not
included in the contact hours used to determine the junior
college's proportionate share of state appropriations under
Section 130.003.
(b) This section does not apply to a non-degree-credit
developmental course.
(c) The total amount of tuition charged to the student under
this section for the repeated course may not exceed the full cost of
instruction for the course with respect to the student.
SECTION 2. Section 135.52, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 135.52. FEES AND TUITION. (a) The board shall collect
tuition at the rates provided by law and registration fees.
(b) The board may charge a student a higher rate of tuition
than the tuition that would otherwise be charged for a course in
which the student enrolls if:
(1) the student has previously enrolled in the same
course or a course of substantially the same content and level two
or more times; and
(2) the student's enrollment in the course is not
included in the contact hours used in the funding formulas
established under Section 61.059 for use in making appropriation
recommendations for the system.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a non-degree-credit
developmental course.
(d) The total amount of tuition charged to the student under
Subsection (b) for the repeated course may not exceed the full cost
of instruction for the course with respect to the student.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
student who, beginning with the 2005-2006 academic year, enrolls
for at least the third time in the same or substantially similar
courses as described by Sections 130.0034 and 135.52, Education
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. 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, 2005.