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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to continuing eligibility requirements for institutions |
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of higher education to participate in the Texas Science, |
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Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (T-STEM) Challenge |
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Scholarship Program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.9794(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) To maintain eligibility, each year beginning with the |
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third [second] year following implementation of a scholarship |
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program under this subchapter, an institution must demonstrate to |
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the board that at least 70 percent of the institution's T-STEM |
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Challenge Scholarship recipients [graduates], within twelve |
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[three] months of receipt of a scholarship [after graduation], are: |
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(1) employed [by a business in a Science,
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Technology,
Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field]; or |
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(2) enrolled in [upper-division] courses leading to a |
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certificate or an associate or baccalaureate degree in a Science, |
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Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) field. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall award scholarships under Subchapter GG, Chapter 61, Education |
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Code, as amended by this Act, beginning with the 2015-2016 academic |
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year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |