By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 531


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the tuition charged for certain courses repeated by 
students attending public junior colleges.
	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 would otherwise be charged for 
a course in which the student enrolls if the student has previously 
enrolled in the same course or a course of substantially the same 
content and level two or more times after the 2003-2004 academic 
year.
	(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.  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 votes necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.