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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 a student's tuition |
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payments 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 a |
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student's tuition payments 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 regarding the specific |
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amount that is required to be set aside by the institution. |
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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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that appears on or is included with: |
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(1) the student's tuition bill or billing statement, |
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if the institution provides the student with a printed bill or |
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billing statement for the payment of the student's tuition; or |
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(2) the student's tuition receipt, if the institution |
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provides the student with a printed receipt evidencing the payment |
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of the student's tuition. |
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(c) If for any semester or other academic term the |
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institution does not provide the student with a printed tuition |
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bill, tuition billing statement, or tuition receipt, the |
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institution shall include the notice required by Subsection (a) for |
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that semester or other term in a statement prominently displayed in |
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an e-mail sent to the student. The notice may be included in any |
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other e-mail sent to the student in connection with the student's |
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tuition charges for 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. |