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89R21880 AND-D
By: Smithee
H.B. No. 3574
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3574:
By: VanDeaver
C.S.H.B. No. 3574
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students
permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public
institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.213, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) The total number of students at an institution paying
resident tuition under this section for a particular semester may
not exceed
:
(1)
five percent of the total number of students
registered at the institution for the same semester of the
preceding academic year
if the institution is not an institution to
which Subdivision (2) applies; or
(2)
20 percent of the total number of students
registered at the institution for the same semester of the
preceding academic year if as determined by Texas Higher Education
Coordinating Board rule:
(A)
the institution is located in a local
workforce development area that is experiencing a population growth
rate less than the statewide average according to the most recent
federal decennial census; and
(B)
the most recent space usage efficiency report
prepared by the coordinating board indicates the institution has
sufficient capacity to support the nonresident students
.
(c)
The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
54.213, Education Code, applies beginning with the 2025-2026
academic year.
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, 2025.