79R17887 KEL-D
By: Shapiro S.B. No. 532
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 532:
By: Brown of Brazos C.S.S.B. No. 532
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to tuition and other charges and fees imposed by the
governing board of a junior college district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.003(b), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) To be eligible for and to receive a proportionate share
of the appropriation, a public junior college must:
(1) be certified as a public junior college as
prescribed in Section 61.063 [of this code];
(2) offer a minimum of 24 semester hours of vocational
and/or terminal courses;
(3) have complied with all existing laws, rules, and
regulations governing the establishment and maintenance of public
junior colleges;
(4) collect, from each full-time and part-time student
enrolled, matriculation and other session fees in the amounts
required by law or in the amounts set by the governing board of the
junior college district as authorized by this title;
(5) grant, when properly applied for, the scholarships
and tuition exemptions provided for in this code; and
(6) for a public junior college established on or
after September 1, 1986, levy and collect ad valorem taxes as
provided by law for the operation and maintenance of the public
junior college.
SECTION 2. Section 130.084, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 130.084. POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The governing board
[of trustees] of a junior college district [districts] shall be
governed in the establishment, management, and control of a public
[the] junior college in the district by the general law governing
the establishment, management, and control of independent school
districts insofar as the general law is applicable.
(b) The governing board of a junior college district may set
and collect with respect to a public junior college in the district
any amount of tuition, rentals, rates, charges, or fees the board
considers necessary for the efficient operation of the college,
except that a tuition rate set under this subsection must satisfy
the requirements of Section 54.051(n). The governing board may set
a different tuition rate for each program, course, or course level
offered by the college, including a program, course, or course
level to which a provision of Section 54.051 applies, as the
governing board considers appropriate to reflect course costs or to
promote efficiency or another rational purpose.
SECTION 3. Sections 130.003(b) and 130.084, Education Code,
as amended by this Act, apply beginning with tuition charged for the
2005 fall semester. Tuition charged for an academic period before
the 2005 fall semester is covered 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 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.