HBA-SEP, LJP H.B. 1576 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 1576
By: Telford
Higher Education
2/25/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The 76th Legislature created the Toward Excellence, Access, and Success
(TEXAS) grant program to give qualifying Texans the opportunity to obtain a
higher education.  Some students also receive Tuition Equalization Grants
(TEG) which help qualifying students in Texas meet the higher costs of
private school tuition.  Currently, a student attending a private
university who qualifies for both TEG and a TEXAS grant is allowed to
receive only a portion of their TEG.  House Bill 1576 authorizes a student
to receive from a TEXAS grant and TEG in an academic year a maximum amount
of no more than the total tuition and fees charged to the student. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 1576 amends the Education Code to provide that the total amount
of grants a student is authorized to receive in an academic year from a
Toward Excellence, Access, and Success grant and a tuition equalization
grant may not exceed the total amount of tuition and fees charged to the
student in that year for the academic periods for which one or more of the
grants were awarded. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001. The Act applies beginning with the
2001-2002 academic year.