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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the establishment of a tuition and fee payment program |
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for certain adopted children enrolled in career schools or |
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colleges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 132, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 132.026 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 132.026. TUITION AND FEE REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN |
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ADOPTED STUDENTS FORMERLY IN FOSTER OR OTHER RESIDENTIAL CARE. (a) |
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In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) Using funds appropriated for that purpose, the |
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commission, in coordination with the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board, by rule shall establish a program under which |
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the commission may reimburse a student in accordance with |
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Subsection (c) for the payment of tuition and fees to a career |
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school or college if the student would be eligible for an exemption |
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from the payment of tuition and fees to an institution of higher |
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education under Section 54.367. |
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(c) The reimbursement paid to a student under this section |
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must be paid not later than the seventh day after the date the |
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commission receives notification and verification of a tuition and |
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fee payment made by or on behalf of the student. The rules adopted |
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under this section must prescribe the form and manner of that |
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notification and verification. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with tuition and fees |
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charged by a career school or college for the 2017-2018 academic |
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year. |
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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, 2017. |