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.)
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  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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