Bill Text: TX SB351 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Co-author authorized [SB351 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB351-Introduced.html

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84R2303 KSD-F
By: Birdwell S.B. No. 351

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination of resident status of students by
public institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.052, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
person who is not authorized by law to be present in the United
States may not be considered a resident of this state for purposes
of this title.
SECTION 2. Section 54.055, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an institution of
higher education may not, on the basis of Section 54.052(c),
reclassify as a nonresident of this state a student classified as a
resident under Section 54.052(a)(3) if, not later than the
beginning of the 2015-2016 academic year, the student has completed
at least 30 semester credit hours at an institution of higher
education.
SECTION 3. Except as provided by Section 54.055(c),
Education Code, as added by this Act, a public institution of higher
education in this state may, for any semester or academic term,
before the beginning of that semester or academic term, reclassify
as a nonresident a student previously classified as a resident of
this state by the institution or another public institution of
higher education in this state before the enactment of Section
54.052(c), Education Code, as added by this Act, if the student is
not authorized by law to be present in the United States.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.