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By: West |
S.B. No. 331 |
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(In the Senate - Filed December 15, 2016; January 30, 2017, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; |
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February 27, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; |
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February 27, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 331 |
By: Watson |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the temporary approval of a private or independent |
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college or university to continue to participate in the tuition |
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equalization grant program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.222(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The coordinating board may grant temporary approval for |
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a period of two years and may renew the approval twice [once]. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |
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