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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the determination of student priority in awarding TEXAS |
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grants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 56.303, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e) and (e-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) In determining who should receive a TEXAS grant, the |
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coordinating board [and the eligible institutions] shall give |
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highest priority to awarding TEXAS grants to students who |
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demonstrate the greatest financial need. |
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(e) In determining who should receive a TEXAS grant, each |
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eligible institution shall give highest priority to awarding TEXAS |
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grants to students who: |
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(1) demonstrate the greatest financial need; and |
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(2) beginning with grants awarded for the 2012-2013 |
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academic year, meet, exceed, or receive an exemption from the |
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standards developed for assessment instruments designed to assess a |
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student's readiness to perform freshman-level academic coursework |
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under Section 51.3062. |
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(e-1) For the 2012-2013 academic year and for grants awarded |
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for the 2013-2014 academic year before September 30, 2013, each |
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eligible institution shall give priority under Subsection (e)(2) to |
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a student who meets, exceeds, or is exempt from the current |
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standards developed under Section 51.3062 or from the standards |
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developed under Section 51.3062 as they existed on January 1, 2009. |
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This subsection expires December 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2009. |