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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the |
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Texas Success Initiative for certain students who are public |
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officers or employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.332, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.332. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply |
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to: |
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(1) a student who has graduated with an associate or |
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baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education; |
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(2) a student who transfers to an institution of |
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higher education from a private or independent institution of |
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higher education or an accredited out-of-state institution of |
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higher education and who has satisfactorily completed |
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college-level coursework; |
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(3) a student who is enrolled in a certificate program |
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of one year or less at a public junior college, a public technical |
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institute, or a public state college; |
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(4) a student who is serving on active duty as a member |
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of: |
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(A) the armed forces of the United States; or |
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(B) the Texas National Guard; |
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(5) a student who is currently serving as and, for at |
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least the three-year period preceding enrollment, has served as a |
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member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United |
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States; [or] |
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(6) a student who on or after August 1, 1990, was |
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honorably discharged, retired, or released from: |
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(A) active duty as a member of the armed forces of |
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the United States or the Texas National Guard; or |
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(B) service as a member of a reserve component of |
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the armed forces of the United States; |
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(7) a student who is: |
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(A) certified as an emergency medical technician |
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under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code; and |
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(B) employed by a political subdivision; |
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(8) a student who is included as fire protection |
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personnel by Section 419.021, Government Code; or |
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(9) a student who is elected, appointed, or employed |
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to serve as a peace officer described by Article 2A.001, Code of |
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Criminal Procedure, or other law. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at |
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public institutions of higher education for the 2025 fall semester. |
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The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic |
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term before that semester is covered by the law in effect before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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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, 2025. |
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