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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment by certain elected officials of |
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students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.9772, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) In each year, the governor and the lieutenant governor |
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may each appoint two students and each state senator and each state |
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representative may appoint one student to receive an initial |
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scholarship under this subchapter. The board by rule shall |
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establish a process so that for each appointment under this section |
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the appointing officer may submit the name of an alternate student |
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for the scholarship. |
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(c) For a student to continue to receive a scholarship |
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awarded under this subchapter, the student must maintain |
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satisfactory academic progress as determined by the board |
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[institution in which the student is enrolled]. |
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(d) If an eligible alternate student is submitted to the |
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board under Subsection (b) and the board determines a student |
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appointed under Subsection (b) to receive an initial scholarship |
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fails to maintain eligibility or otherwise meet the requirements to |
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continue receiving the scholarship, beginning with the academic |
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year following the determination the board shall award the |
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remaining term of the initial scholarship to the corresponding |
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alternate student submitted to the board by the appointing officer |
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under Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |