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Texas Education Code - Section 54.211. Exemptions For Students In Foster Or Other Residential Care

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§ 54.211. EXEMPTIONS FOR STUDENTS IN FOSTER OR OTHER 
RESIDENTIAL CARE.  (a) A student is exempt from the payment of 
tuition and fees authorized in this chapter if the student:
		(1)  was in foster care or other residential care under 
the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective 
Services on or after:
			(A)  the day preceding the student's 18th 
birthday;                        
			(B)  the day of the student's 14th birthday, if 
the student was also eligible for adoption on or after that day;  or
			(C)  the day the student graduated from high 
school or received the equivalent of a high school diploma;  and
		(2)  enrolls in an institution of higher education as 
an undergraduate student not later than:
			(A)  the third anniversary of the date the student 
was discharged from the foster or other residential care, the date 
the student graduated from high school, or the date the student 
received the equivalent of a high school diploma, whichever date is 
earliest;  or
			(B)  the student's 21st birthday.                                            
	(b)  The Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board shall develop outreach programs to 
ensure that students in foster or other residential care in grades 
9-12 are aware of the availability of the exemption from the payment 
of tuition and fees provided by this section.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 435, § 3, eff. June 6, 1993.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 731, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 268, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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