87R8268 KSD-D
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 2674
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the agreement requirements for receiving a scholarship
  under the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.9773, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  An agreement under this section must allow a student,
  on completion of an undergraduate degree program and before
  entering into a commitment or contract for military service
  described by Subsection (a)(3), to complete a graduate or
  postgraduate degree program at a public or private institution of
  higher education in this state. The board shall adopt rules for the
  administration of this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  shall adopt rules for the administration of Section 61.9773(a-1),
  Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after
  this Act takes effect.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.