Bill Text: TX HB1515 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to temporary limitations on the total amount of tuition charged to a student by a four-year public institution of higher education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-02 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1515 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1515-Introduced.html
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| By: Isaac | H.B. No. 1515 | |
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| relating to temporary limitations on the total amount of tuition | ||
| charged to a student by a four-year public institution of higher | ||
| education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 54.0514 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.0514. TEMPORARY LIMITATION ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF | ||
| TUITION. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "General academic teaching institution" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (2) "Tuition" includes: | ||
| (A) tuition for which the rates are prescribed by | ||
| this chapter; and | ||
| (B) tuition charged by an institution of higher | ||
| education under Section 54.0513 or another law authorizing an | ||
| institution to establish tuition rates. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding Section 54.0513 or another law | ||
| authorizing an institution of higher education to establish tuition | ||
| rates, the total amount of tuition charged by a general academic | ||
| teaching institution to a student for the 2011-2012, 2012-2013, | ||
| 2013-2014, or 2014-2015 academic year may not exceed the total | ||
| amount of tuition that the institution would have charged under | ||
| this chapter to a similarly situated student for the 2010-2011 | ||
| academic year. | ||
| (c) For purposes of this section, students are similarly | ||
| situated if they share the same residency status, degree program, | ||
| course load, course level, tuition exemption status, and other | ||
| circumstances affecting the tuition charged to the student. | ||
| (d) This section does not ensure that the total amount of | ||
| tuition charged to an individual student does not increase based on | ||
| a change in the student's residency status, degree program, course | ||
| load, course level, tuition exemption status, or other circumstance | ||
| affecting the tuition charged to the student. | ||
| (e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board may adopt | ||
| rules as necessary to administer this section. | ||
| (f) This section expires August 31, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2011. | ||
