Bill Text: TX SB851 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to a uniform deadline for student financial assistance for public institutions of higher education other than public junior colleges.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [SB851 Detail]

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  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 851
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a uniform deadline for student financial assistance for
  public institutions of higher education other than public junior
  colleges.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 56.007 to read as follows:
         Sec. 56.007.  PRIORITY DEADLINE FOR STUDENT FINANCIAL
  ASSISTANCE. (a)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by
  rule shall provide for a uniform priority application deadline for
  applications for financial assistance for an academic year.
         (b)  The priority deadline may not serve as a determination
  of eligibility for state financial assistance, but otherwise
  eligible applicants who apply on or before the deadline shall be
  given priority consideration for available state financial
  assistance before other applicants.
         (c)  The coordinating board shall consult with financial aid
  personnel at institutions of higher education in adopting rules
  providing for the deadline required under this section.
         (d)  This section only applies to a general academic teaching
  institution as defined by Section 61.003.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by Section 56.007,
  Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with
  student financial assistance awarded for the 2013-2014 academic
  year. State student financial assistance awarded for an academic
  period before that academic year is covered by the law in effect
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
  law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect January 1, 2013.
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