Bill Text: TX HB535 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to completion and submission of a financial aid application for costs of higher education as a condition of high school graduation for public school students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-23 - Left pending in committee [HB535 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB535-Introduced.html
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| By: Neave | H.B. No. 535 | |
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| relating to completion and submission of a financial aid | ||
| application for costs of higher education as a condition of high | ||
| school graduation for public school students. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 28.025(c), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) A person may receive a diploma if the person is eligible | ||
| for a diploma under Section 28.0251. In other cases, a student may | ||
| graduate and receive a diploma only if: | ||
| (1) the student successfully completes the curriculum | ||
| requirements identified by the State Board of Education under | ||
| Subsection (a) and complies with Sections 28.0256 and [ |
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| 39.025; or | ||
| (2) the student successfully completes an | ||
| individualized education program developed under Section 29.005. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 28.0256 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 28.0256. FINANCIAL AID APPLICATION REQUIREMENT FOR | ||
| HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION. (a) Before graduating from high school, | ||
| each student must complete and submit a free application for | ||
| federal student aid (FAFSA) or, if applicable, a Texas application | ||
| for state financial aid (TASFA). | ||
| (b) A student is not required to comply with Subsection (a) | ||
| if: | ||
| (1) the student's parent or other person standing in | ||
| parental relation submits a signed form indicating that the parent | ||
| or other person authorizes the student to decline to complete and | ||
| submit the financial aid application; or | ||
| (2) the student signs and submits the form described | ||
| by Subdivision (1) on the student's own behalf if the student is 18 | ||
| years of age or older or the student's disabilities of minority have | ||
| been removed for general purposes under Chapter 31, Family Code. | ||
| (c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school | ||
| shall adopt a form to be used for purposes of Subsection (b). | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with students | ||
| enrolled at the 12th grade level during the 2020-2021 school year. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
