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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eliminating resident tuition rates and fees charged to |
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students residing outside of a junior college district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 130.0032(a) and (c), Education Code, |
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are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The governing board of a junior college district may not |
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charge tuition and fees to a student who resides outside the |
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district at a rate that is less than or the same as the rate of |
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tuition and fees charged to a student who resides in the district |
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[The governing board of a public junior college district may allow a
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person who resides outside the district and who owns property
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subject to ad valorem taxation by the district, or a dependent of
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the person, to pay tuition at the rate applicable to a student who
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resides in the district]. |
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(c) The governing board of a public junior college district |
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may allow a person who resides outside the district to pay tuition |
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and fees at a rate less than the rate applicable to other persons |
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residing outside the district, but higher [not less] than the rate |
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applicable to a student who resides in the district, if the person: |
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(1) resides within the service area of the district; |
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(2) does not reside in an independent school district |
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that meets the criteria of the coordinating board for the |
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establishment of a junior college district under Section 130.013; |
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and |
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(3) demonstrates financial need in accordance with |
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rules adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 130.0032(b) and (b-1), Education Code, |
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are repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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130.0032, Education Code, applies beginning with tuition and fees |
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charged by a junior college district for the 2020-2021 academic |
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year. Tuition and fees for a semester or term before that academic |
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year are covered by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020. |