By: Guillen, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 66

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017; May 16, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; May 17, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 66 By: Buckingham

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to determining eligibility for a Texas Armed Services Scholarship and to the appointment by certain elected officials of students to receive that scholarship.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 61.9772, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(c) For a student to continue to receive a scholarship awarded under this subchapter, the student must maintain satisfactory academic progress as determined by the board [institution in which the student is enrolled].

(d) If the board determines that a student appointed under Subsection (b) to receive an initial scholarship under this subchapter has failed to maintain eligibility or otherwise meet the requirements to continue receiving the scholarship, beginning with the academic year following the determination, the elected official who appointed the student may appoint another eligible student under this subchapter to receive any available funds designated for the student who no longer meets the requirements for the scholarship.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2018.

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