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Texas Education Code - Section 54.060. Resident Of Bordering State Or Nation Or Participant In Student Exchange Program: Tuition

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§ 54.060. RESIDENT OF BORDERING STATE OR NATION OR 
PARTICIPANT IN STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM:  TUITION.  (a) The 
nonresident tuition fee prescribed by this chapter does not apply 
to a nonresident student who is a resident of Arkansas, Louisiana, 
New Mexico, or Oklahoma and who registers in a public upper-level 
institution of higher education, Lamar State College--Orange, 
Lamar State College--Port Arthur, a Texas public junior college, or 
a public technical institute that is situated in a county 
immediately adjacent to the state in which the nonresident student 
resides.  The nonresident tuition fee prescribed by this chapter 
does not apply to a nonresident student who is a resident of New 
Mexico or Oklahoma and who registers in a public technical 
institute that is situated in a county that is within 100 miles of 
the state in which the nonresident student resides and who is 
admitted for the purpose of utilizing available instructional 
facilities.  The nonresident student described in this subsection 
shall pay an amount equivalent to the amount charged a Texas student 
registered at a similar school in the state in which the nonresident 
student resides.  For purposes of this subsection, "public 
upper-level institution of higher education" means an institution 
of higher education that offers only junior-level and senior-level 
courses or only junior-level, senior-level, and graduate-level 
courses.
	(b)  The foreign student tuition fee prescribed in this 
chapter does not apply to a foreign student who is a resident of a 
nation situated adjacent to Texas, demonstrates financial need as 
provided by Subsection (c), and registers in:
		(1)  any general academic teaching institution or 
component of the Texas State Technical College System located in a 
county immediately adjacent to the nation in which the foreign 
student resides;
		(2)  lower division courses at a community or junior 
college having a partnership agreement pursuant to Subchapter N, 
Chapter 51, with an upper-level university and both institutions 
are located in the county immediately adjacent to the nation in 
which the foreign student resides;
		(3)  Texas A&M University--Kingsville, Texas A&M 
University--Corpus Christi, or The University of Texas at San 
Antonio;  or
		(4)  courses that are part of a graduate degree program 
in public health and are conducted in a county immediately adjacent 
to the nation in which the foreign student resides.
	(c)  A foreign student to whom Subsection (b) applies shall 
pay tuition equal to that charged Texas residents under Sections 
54.051 and 54.0512. The coordinating board shall adopt rules 
governing the determination of financial need of students to whom 
Subsection (b) applies and rules governing a pilot project to be 
established at general academic teaching institutions and at 
components of the Texas State Technical College System in counties 
that are not immediately adjacent to the nation in which the foreign 
student resides.
	(d)  The coordinating board by rule shall establish a program 
with the United Mexican States and with Canada for the exchange of 
students and shall establish programs with other nations for the 
exchange of students to the extent practicable.  The foreign 
student tuition fee prescribed in this chapter does not apply to a 
foreign student participating in an exchange program established 
under this section.
	(e)  The coordinating board shall adopt rules to determine 
the number of students who may participate in the programs provided 
by Subsections (b) and (d) and the students who may transfer from 
any general academic teaching institution or component of the Texas 
State Technical College System in a county immediately adjacent to 
the nation in which the foreign student resides to attend another 
general academic teaching institution or component of the Texas 
State Technical College System to complete a degree, certificate, 
or diploma or attend graduate school.
	(f)  The payment of resident tuition at Lamar State 
College--Orange, Lamar State College--Port Arthur, or a public 
technical institute as authorized by Subsection (a) or at an 
institution of higher education as authorized by Subsection (g) 
does not affect the constitutionally dedicated funding to which 
institutions of higher education are entitled under Article VII, 
Section 17, of the Texas Constitution.
	(g)  The nonresident tuition fee prescribed by this chapter 
does not apply to a nonresident student who is a resident of a 
county or parish of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, or Oklahoma 
that is adjacent to this state and who registers in an institution 
of higher education, the governing board of which has agreed to 
admit the student at the resident tuition fee prescribed by this 
chapter.  The state in which the student resides must allow a 
resident of a county of this state that is adjacent to that state to 
register in a public institution of higher education in that state 
at the tuition fee charged residents of that state.  The student 
shall pay tuition equal to that charged residents of this state at 
the institution.
	(h)  In this section:                                                          
		(1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board.
		(2)  "General academic teaching institution" and 
"public technical institute" have the meanings assigned by Section 
61.003.

Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 3072, ch. 1024, art. 1, § 1, eff. Sept. 
1, 1971.  Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 280, ch. 122, § 1, 
eff. May 5, 1975;  Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 823, § 1.11(a), eff. 
June 20, 1987;  Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 18, § 3, eff. April 11, 
1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 266, § 1, 2, eff. May 23, 1993;  
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 658, § 1, 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 451, § 4, 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Acts 1995, 
74th Leg., ch. 1037, § 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Acts 1997, 75th 
Leg., ch. 197, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 
753, § 1, eff. June 17, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1388, 
§ 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 767, § 3, 
6, eff;  June 18, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 80, § 1, eff. 
May 14, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1392, § 5, eff. June 16, 
2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, § 6.010, eff. Sept. 1, 
2003.

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