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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to housing between academic terms for certain students at |
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public institutions of higher education who were formerly under the |
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conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective |
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Services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.978, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, |
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on the request for assistance under this section of an eligible |
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student under Subsection (b) who is also considered a homeless |
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child or youth under 42 U.S.C. Section 11434a, an institution of |
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higher education that maintains and operates a university housing |
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facility for students during a period between academic terms shall |
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provide the student access to that housing facility beginning on |
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the last day of an academic term and ending on the first day of the |
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immediately following academic term, according to the |
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institution's academic calendar, at no cost to the student. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2023-2024 academic 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, 2023. |