HB3434 • 2025

Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from setting aside a portion of designated tuition for student financial assistance.

Education

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Tinderholt
Last action: 2025-05-13
Official status: 05/13/2025 H Placed on General State Calendar
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from setting aside a portion of designated tuition for student financial assistance.

What This Bill Does

Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from setting aside a portion of designated tuition for student financial assistance.

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Bill History

2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-11 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-22 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-21 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-21 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Higher Education
2025-02-26 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education from setting aside a portion of designated tuition for student financial assistance.

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89(R) HB 3434 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R15275 CXP-D

By: Tinderholt

H.B. No. 3434

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to prohibiting public institutions of higher education

from setting aside a portion of designated tuition for student

financial assistance.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 56.0093 to read as follows:

Sec.

56.0093.

DESIGNATED TUITION SET-ASIDE FOR STUDENT

FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROHIBITED.

An institution of higher

education may not cause to be set aside any amount of tuition

charged to a resident student under Section 54.0513 to provide

financial assistance for students enrolled in the institution under

this chapter or other law.

SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 56, Education Code, is

repealed.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply

beginning with tuition charged for the 2026 spring semester.

Tuition charged for any semester or other academic term before the

2026 spring semester is covered by the applicable law as it existed

before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is

continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.