HB 3574
AN ACT relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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Fiscal Note
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What This Bill Does
Modifies the maximum number of nonresident students who can pay resident tuition at Texas public higher education institutions. Institutions can now allow either 5% or 20% of their total student population (from the previous academic year) to pay in-state tuition rates, depending on their location's population growth and campus capacity. The new rules will take effect for the 2025-2026 academic year, with institutions in regions experiencing slower population growth potentially able to admit a higher percentage of nonresident students at resident tuition rates.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students permitted to pay resident tuition and fees at certain public institutions of higher education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 54.213, Education Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as (b) The total number of students at an institution paying resident tuition under this section for a particular semester may (1) five percent of the total number of students registered at the institution for the same semester of the preceding academic year if the institution is not an institution to which Subdivision (2) applies; or (2) 20 percent of the total number of students registered at the institution for the same semester of the preceding academic year if as determined by Texas Higher Education (A) the institution is located in a region that is experiencing a population growth rate less than the statewide average based on the most recent available data; and (B) the most recent space usage efficiency report prepared by the coordinating board indicates the institution has sufficient capacity to support the nonresident students. (c) The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary to SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section 54.213, Education Code, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 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, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the maximum number of nonresident scholarship students
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