Bill Text: TX HB452 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to temporary housing between academic terms for certain postsecondary students who have been under the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB452 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB452-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 452 | ||
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| relating to temporary housing between academic terms for certain | ||
| postsecondary students who have been under the conservatorship of | ||
| the Department of Family and Protective Services. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.976 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.976. TEMPORARY HOUSING BETWEEN ACADEMIC TERMS FOR | ||
| CERTAIN STUDENTS FORMERLY UNDER CONSERVATORSHIP OF DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (2) "Academic term" includes a summer session. | ||
| (b) To be eligible to receive housing assistance from an | ||
| institution of higher education under Subsection (c), a student | ||
| must: | ||
| (1) have been under the conservatorship of the | ||
| Department of Family and Protective Services or its predecessor in | ||
| function on the day preceding: | ||
| (A) the student's 18th birthday; or | ||
| (B) the date the student's disabilities of | ||
| minority are removed by a court under Chapter 31, Family Code; | ||
| (2) be enrolled full-time at the institution during | ||
| the academic term immediately preceding the period for which the | ||
| student requests the housing assistance; | ||
| (3) be registered or otherwise have taken the actions | ||
| required by the institution to permit the student to enroll | ||
| full-time at the institution during the academic term immediately | ||
| following the period for which the student requests the housing | ||
| assistance; and | ||
| (4) lack other reasonable temporary housing | ||
| alternatives between the academic terms described by Subdivisions | ||
| (2) and (3), as determined by the institution. | ||
| (c) On the student's request, each institution of higher | ||
| education shall assist an eligible student in locating temporary | ||
| housing for any period beginning on the last day of an academic term | ||
| and ending on the first day of the immediately following academic | ||
| term, according to the institution's academic calendar. | ||
| (d) For each eligible student under Subsection (b) who also | ||
| demonstrates financial need, the institution may: | ||
| (1) provide a stipend to cover any reasonable costs of | ||
| the temporary housing that are not covered by other financial aid | ||
| immediately available to the student for that purpose; or | ||
| (2) provide temporary housing directly to the student | ||
| for the applicable period. | ||
| (e) The receipt of a stipend under Subsection (d) does not | ||
| prohibit the student from receiving additional stipends under that | ||
| subsection in one or more subsequent periods, based on the | ||
| student's demonstrated financial need. | ||
| (f) An institution of higher education may use any available | ||
| revenue, including legislative appropriations, and may solicit and | ||
| accept gifts, grants, and donations for the purposes of this | ||
| section. The institution shall use any gifts, grants, and | ||
| donations received for the purposes of this section before using | ||
| other revenue. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 452 was passed by the House on May 13, | ||
| 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 452 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
