Bill Text: TX HB4124 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board on best practices to assist certain students in completing the free application for federal student aid (FAFSA).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-25 - Referred to Higher Education [HB4124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4124-Introduced.html
| 86R14159 SOS-D | ||
| By: Johnson of Harris | H.B. No. 4124 | |
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| relating to a study and report by the Texas Higher Education | ||
| Coordinating Board on best practices to assist certain students in | ||
| completing the free application for federal student aid (FAFSA). | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 61.07763 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.07763. STUDY AND REPORT ON FREE APPLICATION FOR | ||
| FEDERAL STUDENT AID (FAFSA) COMPLETION BEST PRACTICES. (a) The | ||
| board shall conduct a study to determine best practices to provide | ||
| assistance in completing and submitting the free application for | ||
| federal student aid (FAFSA) to an applicant who is a dependent of a | ||
| person who lacks the documentation necessary to complete the | ||
| application. | ||
| (b) The study must identify best practices to address the | ||
| lack of access to the following information required to complete | ||
| the FAFSA: | ||
| (1) federal income tax information; | ||
| (2) a social security number issued by the Social | ||
| Security Administration; | ||
| (3) an identification document, including a driver's | ||
| license, government-issued identification, United States passport, | ||
| Certificate of United States Citizenship, Certificate of | ||
| Naturalization, Permanent Resident Card or Alien Registration | ||
| Receipt Card, Temporary Resident Card, Refugee Travel Document, or | ||
| Employment Authorization Document; and | ||
| (4) an alien registration number. | ||
| (c) In conducting the study, the board shall collaborate | ||
| with general academic teaching institutions, public junior | ||
| colleges, public technical institutes, public state colleges, | ||
| private or independent institutions of higher education, and rural | ||
| and urban career schools or colleges, as defined by Section | ||
| 132.001. | ||
| (d) To the extent necessary, the board may consult with and | ||
| consider recommendations from federal agencies in conducting the | ||
| study. | ||
| (e) The recommendations resulting from the study may not | ||
| include any recommendation to deceive, mislead, or undermine the | ||
| United States Department of Education. | ||
| (f) Not later than November 1, 2020, the board shall submit | ||
| to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house | ||
| of representatives, and the commissioner of education a written | ||
| report on the study's results and any recommendations for | ||
| legislative or other action. | ||
| (g) The board shall: | ||
| (1) provide a written copy of the report submitted | ||
| under Subsection (f) to each school district or open-enrollment | ||
| charter school high school counselor in this state; and | ||
| (2) post the report on the board's Internet website. | ||
| (h) This section expires September 1, 2021. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
