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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to setting aside for TEXAS grant funding tuition paid by |
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students at campuses maintained by public institutions of higher |
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education outside the United States. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 56.310, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The governing board of an institution of higher |
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education that maintains a campus outside the United States shall |
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cause to be set aside five percent of the amount of the tuition |
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charged to a student enrolled at the campus for the purposes of this |
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subchapter. The amount of a student's tuition set aside under this |
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subsection is in addition to an amount that may otherwise be |
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required by law to be set aside from that tuition to provide funds |
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for student financial aid. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with tuition charged by a public institution of higher |
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education for the 2009-2010 academic year. Tuition charged by a |
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public institution of higher education for an academic year before |
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that academic year is covered by the law in effect before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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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, 2009. |