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The official status indicates the bill was withdrawn or recommitted, meaning it may not become law despite passing both chambers.
HB602: Denying State Education Funds for Certain Student Offenses
This bill stops state money from being used to give loans, grants, or scholarships to students who are convicted of a criminal offense or found by their school to have engaged in materially and substantially disruptive conduct on campus.
What This Bill Does
- Denies state funds for student loans if the student is convicted of a criminal offense.
- Denies state funds for student grants if the student is convicted of a criminal offense.
- Denies state funds for scholarships if the student is convicted of a criminal offense.
- Denies these funds if a postsecondary educational institution determines a student violated its code of conduct through materially and substantially disruptive conduct on campus.
- Repeals any existing laws that conflict with these new rules.
Who It Names or Affects
- Students enrolled in postsecondary educational institutions who are convicted of criminal offenses or determined to have engaged in materially and substantially disruptive conduct.
- Postsecondary educational institutions responsible for making determinations about student behavior under their code of conduct.
Terms To Know
- State funds
- Money provided by the government to support education programs like loans, grants, and scholarships.
- Postsecondary educational institution
- A college or university where students study after high school.
- Materially and substantially disruptive conduct
- Behavior that causes serious disturbance on the campus, as determined by the postsecondary educational institution's code of conduct.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill text does not list specific examples of what counts as 'materially and substantially disruptive conduct' beyond referring to the institution's code.
- It is unclear if this rule applies retroactively to students who were convicted or disciplined before the law takes effect.