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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the payment of resident tuition and fees by certain high |
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school students who enroll in dual credit courses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 54.0551 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.0551. RESIDENT TUITION AND FEES FOR CERTAIN HIGH |
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SCHOOL STUDENTS ENROLLED IN DUAL CREDIT COURSES. (a) This section |
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applies only to a dual credit course or other course for which a |
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student may earn joint high school and college credit. |
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(b) For purposes of determining the rates of tuition and |
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fees that an institution of higher education may charge a high |
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school student enrolled in a course described by Subsection (a), a |
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high school student is entitled to pay tuition and fees for the |
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course at the rates provided for residents of this state if the |
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student satisfies the requirements of Section 54.052(a)(1). The |
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institution shall determine whether the student is entitled to pay |
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tuition and fees at resident rates under this section without |
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reference to whether the student is a dependent for purposes of |
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Section 54.052(a)(2), and the presumption provided by Section |
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54.052(b) does not apply to the determination. |
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(c) This section does not affect the determination of a |
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student's resident status for purposes of this title. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with tuition and fees charged for the 2013 fall semester. |
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Tuition and fees charged for a term or semester before the 2013 fall |
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semester are covered by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2013. |