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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to limitations on the tuition rate charged to certain |
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transfer students at general academic teaching institutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 54.0514 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.0514. LIMITATIONS ON TUITION RATE CHARGED TO |
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CERTAIN TRANSFER STUDENTS AT FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS. (a) In this |
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section: |
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(1) "General academic teaching institution," "public |
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junior college," "public technical institute," and "public state |
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college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(2) "Tuition" includes: |
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(A) tuition for which the rates are prescribed by |
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this chapter; and |
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(B) tuition charged by an institution of higher |
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education under Section 54.0513 or another law authorizing an |
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institution to establish tuition rates. |
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(b) A four-year general academic teaching institution may |
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not charge a student who transferred to the institution from a |
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public junior college, public technical institute, or public state |
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college a tuition rate for a semester or other academic term that |
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exceeds the rate that the institution would have charged to a |
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similarly situated student for the semester or other academic term |
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in which the transfer student initially enrolled in the sending |
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institution. |
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(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a transfer student |
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after the later of: |
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(1) the third anniversary of the date the student |
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initially enrolled in the sending institution; or |
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(2) the first anniversary of the date the student was |
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awarded a two-year certificate or degree by the sending |
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institution. |
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(d) For purposes of this section, students are similarly |
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situated if they share the same residency status, degree program, |
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course load, course level, tuition exemption status, and other |
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circumstances affecting the tuition charged to the student. |
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(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt |
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rules as necessary to administer this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with tuition charged |
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by four-year general academic teaching institutions for the |
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2010-2011 academic year. |
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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, 2009. |