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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notice to students of a public institution of higher |
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education of the required use of a portion of the tuition paid by |
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the student to provide student financial aid. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 56.014 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 56.014. NOTICE TO STUDENTS REGARDING TUITION SET ASIDE |
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FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. (a) An institution of higher education |
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that is required by this subchapter to set aside a portion of the |
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tuition paid by a student to provide financial assistance for |
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students enrolled in the institution shall provide to each student |
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of the institution who pays tuition from which a portion is required |
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to be set aside for that purpose a notice of the amount of the |
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tuition paid by the student that is required to be set aside. |
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(b) The institution shall provide the notice required by |
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Subsection (a) to the student in a prominently printed statement: |
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(1) printed on or included with the student's tuition |
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bill or billing statement, if the institution provides the student |
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with a printed bill or billing statement for the payment of the |
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student's tuition; or |
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(2) printed on or included with the student's tuition |
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receipt, if the institution provides the student with a printed |
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receipt evidencing the payment of the student's tuition. |
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(c) If the institution does not provide the student with a |
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printed tuition bill, tuition billing statement, or tuition receipt |
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for any semester or other academic term, the institution shall |
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include the notice required by Subsection (a) for that semester or |
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other term in a statement prominently displayed in an e-mail sent to |
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the student. The notice may be included in any other e-mail sent to |
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the student in connection with the student's tuition charges for |
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that semester or other term. |
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(d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule |
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shall prescribe minimum standards for the manner, form, and content |
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of the notice required by this section. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 56.014, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with tuition charged for the 2010 |
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spring semester. |
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(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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adopt the rules required by Section 56.014, Education Code, as |
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added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act. For that purpose, the coordinating board may adopt the |
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initial rules in the manner provided by law for emergency rules. |
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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. |