Bill Text: TX SB537 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective immediately [SB537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB537-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 537 | ||
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| relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at | ||
| public institutions of higher education. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 54, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 54.0051 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.0051. DISCLOSURE OF COURSE FEES IN COURSE CATALOG. | ||
| Each institution of higher education shall include in the | ||
| institution's online course catalog, for each course listed in the | ||
| catalog, a description and the amount of any special course fee, | ||
| including an online access fee or lab fee, to be charged | ||
| specifically for the course. If the institution publishes a paper | ||
| course catalog, the institution may publish any fees specifically | ||
| charged for each course using the amounts charged in the most recent | ||
| academic year. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 54.0051, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with course catalogs published for the | ||
| 2018-2019 academic year. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 537 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the | ||
| Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2017, by the | ||
| following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 537 passed the House, with | ||
| amendment, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, | ||
| Nays 0, two present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
