Bill Text: TX HB66 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to determining eligibility for a Texas Armed Services Scholarship and to the appointment by certain elected officials of students to receive that scholarship.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [HB66 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB66-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 66 | ||
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| relating to determining eligibility for a Texas Armed Services | ||
| Scholarship and to the appointment by certain elected officials of | ||
| students to receive that scholarship. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 61.9772, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (c) For a student to continue to receive a scholarship | ||
| awarded under this subchapter, the student must maintain | ||
| satisfactory academic progress as determined by the board | ||
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| (d) If the board determines that a student appointed under | ||
| Subsection (b) to receive an initial scholarship under this | ||
| subchapter has failed to maintain eligibility or otherwise meet the | ||
| requirements to continue receiving the scholarship, beginning with | ||
| the academic year following the determination, the elected official | ||
| who appointed the student may appoint another eligible student | ||
| under this subchapter to receive any available funds designated for | ||
| the student who no longer meets the requirements for the | ||
| scholarship. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2018 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 66 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 13, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 66 on May 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 0, 2 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 66 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
