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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to resident tuition for competitive scholarship |
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recipients. |
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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 to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A student who holds a competitive scholarship of at |
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least $1,000 for the academic year or summer for which the student |
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is enrolled and who is either a nonresident or a citizen of a |
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country other than the United States of America is entitled may be |
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allowed by the institution to pay the fees and charges required of |
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Texas 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 board. |
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(b) The total number of students at an institution paying |
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resident tuition under this section for a particular semester may |
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not exceed five percent of the total number of students registered |
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at the institution for the same semester of the preceding academic |
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year. |
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(c) A student who received resident tuition under this |
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section in the 2009-2010 academic year is entitled to continue to |
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pay resident tuition under this section as it existed on January 1, |
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2009, as long as the student remains enrolled in the same |
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certificate or degree program. This subsection expires August 1, |
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2014. |
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SECTION 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |