By:  Shapiro                                                      S.B. No. 532
	(In the Senate - Filed February 16, 2005; 
February 28, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Education; April 21, 2005, reported favorably by the following 
vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 21, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to tuition for a student registered in a public junior 
college.  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsection (n), Section 54.051, Education Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
	(n)  Tuition for a resident student registered in a public 
junior college is determined by the governing board of each 
institution, but the tuition may not be less than $8 for each 
semester credit hour and may not total less than $25 for a semester.  
Tuition for a nonresident student is determined by the governing 
board of each institution but the tuition may not be less than $200 
for each semester.  The governing board of a public junior college 
may set a different tuition rate for each program, course, or course 
level offered by the institution, including a program, course, or 
course level described by another provision of this section.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (n), Section 54.051, Education Code, 
as amended by this Act, applies 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 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 September 1, 2005.



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