SB 1835

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.