BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 4241 |
By: Raymond |
Higher Education |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Concerns have been raised that the state's tuition and fee waiver for certain adopted students formerly in foster or other residential care is not being used to the fullest extent intended. C.S.H.B. 4241 seeks to address this concern by providing for rules requiring a public institution of higher education to send information about the exemption to each applicant who is determined by information on the application to be eligible for the exemption and for the adequate solicitation of that information on the common admission application form.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in SECTION 2 of this bill.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 4241 amends the Education Code to require the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule to require each public institution of higher education to send information about the tuition and fee exemption for adopted students formerly in foster or other residential care to each applicant who is determined to be eligible for the exemption by information collected on the applicant's application for admission. The bill requires the coordinating board to ensure that each common admission application form solicits from an applicant the information required for an institution of higher education to make such a determination. The bill applies beginning with applications for admission to institutions of higher education for the 2018-2019 academic year.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 4241 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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