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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students |
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permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public |
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institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.213, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The total number of students at an institution paying |
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resident tuition under this section for a particular semester may |
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not exceed: |
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(1) five percent of the total number of students |
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registered at the institution for the same semester of the |
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preceding academic year if the institution is not an institution to |
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which Subdivision (2) applies; or |
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(2) 20 percent of the total number of students |
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registered at the institution for the same semester of the |
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preceding academic year if as determined by Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board rule: |
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(A) the institution is located in a region that |
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is experiencing a population growth rate less than the statewide |
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average based on the most recent available data; and |
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(B) the most recent space usage efficiency report |
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prepared by the coordinating board indicates the institution has |
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sufficient capacity to support the nonresident students. |
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(c) The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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54.213, Education Code, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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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, 2025. |