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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility for an award through the Early High School |
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Graduation Scholarship program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 56.203, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) To be eligible for an award through the Early High |
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School Graduation Scholarship program, a person must: |
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(1) have graduated from a public high school in this |
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state: |
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(A) in not more than 41 consecutive months and |
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successfully completed the recommended or advanced high school |
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program established under Section 28.025, if the person graduated |
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on or after September 1, 2005; |
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(B) in not more than 46 [45] consecutive months, |
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with at least 30 hours of college credit, and successfully |
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completed the recommended or advanced high school program |
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established under Section 28.025, if the person graduated on or |
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after September 1, 2005; or |
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(C) in not more than 36 consecutive months after |
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successfully completing the requirements for a high school diploma, |
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if the person graduated before September 1, 2005, regardless of |
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whether the person successfully completed the recommended or |
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advanced high school program established under Section 28.025; and |
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(2) have attended [high school exclusively in] one or |
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more public high schools in this state for the majority of time the |
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person attended high school[; and
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[(3)
be a Texas resident as defined by coordinating
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board rule]. |
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(e) The coordinating board shall adopt rules for |
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determining whether a person attended public high school in this |
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state as required by Subsection (a)(2). |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a student who graduates from a public high school in this state on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. A student who graduates |
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from a public high school in this state before the effective date of |
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this Act and the student's eligibility to participate in the Early |
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High School Graduation Scholarship program is governed by the law |
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in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |