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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to resident tuition rates for certain competitive |
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scholarship recipients at public institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.064, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) An institution of higher education may charge a |
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nonresident [A] student who holds a competitive scholarship of at |
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least $1,000 for the academic year or summer term for which the |
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student is enrolled resident tuition and fees [and who is either a
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nonresident or a citizen of a country other than the United States
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of America is entitled to pay the fees and charges required of Texas
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residents] without regard to the length of time the student has |
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resided in Texas. The student must compete with other students, |
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including Texas residents, for the scholarship and the scholarship |
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must be awarded by a scholarship committee officially recognized by |
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the administration and be approved by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board under criteria developed by the coordinating |
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board. |
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(c) A student who would be entitled to pay resident tuition |
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in the 2009-2010 academic year under this section as this section |
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existed on January 1, 2009, because the student is awarded a |
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competitive scholarship for that academic year in the amount |
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prescribed by Subsection (a) before the beginning of the 2009 fall |
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semester is entitled to continue to pay resident tuition under this |
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section as this section existed on January 1, 2009, in each semester |
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or other term in which the student is awarded such a scholarship, as |
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long as the student remains enrolled in the same certificate or |
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degree program. This subsection expires August 1, 2014. |
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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. |