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Texas Education Code - Chapter 54 Tuition And FeesLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Education Code > Texas Education Code - Chapter 54 Tuition And Fees In this chapter: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by Section 61.003 of this code. (2) "Governing ... In consultation with representatives of institutions of higher education, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule shall adopt definitions related to the resident status ... The provisions of this chapter apply to all institutions of higher education, except that as to junior colleges this chapter applies only to the extent ... No institution of higher education may collect from students attending the institution any tuition, fee, or charge of any kind except as permitted by law, ... All tuition, local funds, and fees collected by an institution of higher education shall be retained and expended by the institution and accounted for annually ... The provisions of this subchapter requiring the governing board of each institution of higher education to collect tuition fees do not deprive the board of ... (a) A general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit, as soon as practicable, shall refund the amount of fees and tuition in excess ... (a) A qualified student is eligible for a rebate of a portion of the undergraduate tuition the student has paid if the student: (1) is ... (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall provide for the payment of tuition and fees during the fall and spring semesters ... (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may postpone the due date for the payment of all or part of the tuition ... (a) The tuition rates provided by Subchapter B of this chapter are minimum rates. Except as provided by Subsections (e), (f), and (g), the governing ... An institution of higher education that sets the tuition rates and fees for a semester or summer term and permits a student to register for ... (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may reduce the amount of tuition charged to a student under this chapter to an ... When a student registers at more than one public institution of higher education at the same time, his tuition charges shall be determined in the ... The governing board of an institution of higher education may charge a resident doctoral student who has more semester credit hours of doctoral work than ... (a) An institution of higher education may charge a student 55 years of age or older tuition and fees at rates that are lower than ... (a) An institution of higher education may charge a resident undergraduate student tuition at a higher rate than the rate charged to other resident undergraduate ... For billing and catalogue purposes, each governing board shall accumulate all the tuition that it charges under this chapter into one tuition charge. Added by ... In this subchapter: (1) "Census date" means the date in an academic term on which an institution of higher education is required to certify a ... (a) In this section: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section ... Text of section effective until Jan. 1, 2008 (a) Notwithstanding Section 54.051, tuition for the applicable academic years described by this section is as ... (a) In addition to amounts that a governing board of an institution of higher education is authorized to charge as tuition under the other provisions ... (a) In this section, "committee" means the legislative oversight committee on higher education. (b) The legislative oversight committee on higher education is composed of 12 ... Text of section effective until January 1, 2008 (a) This section applies only to a resident undergraduate student enrolled for a summer term or session ... (a) Subject to the other applicable provisions of this subchapter governing the determination of resident status, the following persons are considered residents of this state ... A person shall submit the following information to an institution of higher education to establish resident status under this subchapter: (1) if the person applies ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c) of this section or by Section 54.055 or 54.056, a person classified by an institution of higher ... (a) On the basis of additional or changed information, an institution of higher education may reclassify as a resident or nonresident of this state under ... (a) If an institution of higher education erroneously classifies a person as a resident of this state and the person is not entitled or permitted ... (a) The following persons are liable for the difference between resident and nonresident tuition for each academic term in which the person pays resident tuition ... (a) Military personnel are classified as provided by this section. (b) A person who is an officer, enlisted person, selectee, or draftee of the Army, ... A teacher or professor of an institution of higher education, and the spouse and children of such a teacher or professor, are entitled to register ... (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, ... On the written request of the governing board of a general academic teaching institution located not more than 100 miles from the boundary of this ... A teaching assistant or research assistant of any institution of higher education and the spouse and children of such a teaching assistant or research assistant ... (a) A student who holds a competitive scholarship of at least $1,000 for the academic year or summer for which the student is enrolled and ... A student is entitled to pay the fees and charges required of Texas residents without regard to the length of time the student has resided ... An institution of higher education may permit a registered nurse authorized to practice professional nursing in Texas to register by paying the tuition fees and ... A foreign service officer employed by the United States Department of State and enrolled in an institution of higher education is entitled to pay the ... Text of section as added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 865, § 1 (a) A person enrolled in The University of Texas at ... Text of section as added by Acts 2005, 79th. Leg., ch. 888, § 4 A person who registers at an institution of higher education ... A nonimmigrant alien who resides in this state in accordance with the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Regarding the Status of ... (a) The coordinating board shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. (b) An institution of higher education may not require a ... The governing board of each institution of higher education may issue scholarships each year to the highest ranking graduate of each accredited high school of ... (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall exempt the following persons from the payment of all dues, fees, and charges, including ... (a) In this section: (1) "Eligible employee" means a full-paid or volunteer firefighter, or a full-paid municipal, county, or state peace officer, or a custodial ... (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may exempt a student from the payment of tuition and required fees authorized by this ... (a) In this section: (1) "Resident" has the same meaning as is assigned it in Subchapter B of this chapter. (2) "Blind person" means a ... (a) The governing boards of the institutions of higher education may annually exempt from the payment of tuition fees the following students: (1) 200 native-born ... The governing boards of the state institutions of collegiate rank supported in whole or in part by public funds shall exempt from the payment of ... (a) In this section: (1) "Dependent child" means a person under 21 years of age, or a person under 25 years of age who receives ... (a) In this section, "senior citizen" means a person 65 years of age or older. (b) The governing board of a state-supported institution of higher ... (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 ... (a) A student is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees authorized by this chapter if the student: (1) was adopted; and (2) was ... A student is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees authorized by this chapter for the first academic year in which the student enrolls ... (a) An institution of higher education may fund tuition exemptions under Section 54.212 or 54.214 from local funds or from funds appropriated to the institution. ... (a) In this section, "coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (b) The governing board of an institution of higher education shall exempt ... (a) For each semester, the adjutant general of the state military forces shall certify to institutions of higher education as described by Section 431.090, Government ... The governing board of an institution of higher education may waive all or part of the tuition and fees charged by the institution for a ... Text of section effective until August 15, 2009 (a) In this section: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Public junior ... The governing board of an institution of higher education may waive tuition and fees for students attending courses that are fully funded by federal or ... The governing board of an institution of higher education may waive a fee it is authorized to charge if the board determines that: (1) a ... (a) In this section, "tuition and required fees" includes tuition, service fees, lab fees, building use fees, and all other required fees except room, board, ... (a) In this section: (1) "Child" means a child 25 years of age or younger and includes an adopted child. (2) "Graduate professional nursing program" ... (a) In this section, "child" and "undergraduate professional nursing program" have the meanings assigned by Section 54.221. (b) The governing board of an institution of ... (a) An institution of higher education shall set and collect a laboratory fee in an amount sufficient to cover the general cost of laboratory materials ... (a) This section applies to a payment of tuition, a fee, or another charge to an institution of higher education that is made or authorized ... (a) An institution of higher education may collect a reasonable deposit in an amount not to exceed $100 from each student to insure the institution ... (a) The student deposit fund consists of the income from the investment or time deposits of general property deposits and of forfeited general property deposits. ... The governing board of each institution of higher education may invest the funds received as general property deposits authorized in Section 54.502 of this code ... Based on the length of the semester or term for which a student is enrolled, the governing board of an institution of higher education may ... (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Student services" means activities which are separate and apart from the regularly scheduled academic functions of the ... (a) A student fee advisory committee is established at each institution of higher education except The University of Texas at Austin to advise the governing ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the governing board of an institution of higher education may waive a mandatory or discretionary fee for a ... (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may fix the rate of incidental fees to be paid to an institution under its ... (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education may charge a reasonable fee to students, faculty, and staff for registration of a vehicle ... A schedule of minimum fees and charges shall be established by the board of regents of the University of Houston System for services performed by ... (a) In this section: (1) "Student services" includes textbook rentals; recreational activities; health, hospital, and other medical services; group hospitalization; intramural and intercollegiate athletics; artists ... (a) A student fees advisory committee is established at each component institution of the University of Houston System to advise the board of regents, presidents, ... (a) The Board of Regents of The Texas A & M University System may levy and collect from each student at any institution of higher ... (a) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may charge each student registered at a component institution of the Texas Tech University ... (a) The board of regents of the University of North Texas System may charge each student registered at a component institution of the University of ... (a) The board of regents of Midwestern State University may charge each student registered at the university a medical services fee not to exceed $30 ... (a) The board of regents of Texas Woman's University may charge each student registered at the university a medical services fee not to exceed $55 ... (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University System may charge each student registered at a component institution of the Texas State University ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student registered at a component institution of The University of Texas ... (a) If approved by student vote, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may charge each student enrolled at a component institution ... (a) If approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general election held at the university for that purpose, the board of ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled in The University of Texas at Austin a recreational ... (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University System may charge each student enrolled at Texas State University--San Marcos a fee initially set ... (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University System may charge each student enrolled at Southwest Texas State University an environmental service fee ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a shuttle bus fee not to exceed $10 per student for each ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee at The University of Texas at Arlington. ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Arlington a recreational ... (a) In this section: (1) "student services" includes textbook rentals; recreational activities; health, hospital, and other medical services; group hospitalization; automobile parking privileges; intramural and ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge and collect from students registered at The University of Texas at Austin ... (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education, other than The University of Texas at Austin, may charge and collect from students registered ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge and collect from students registered at The University of Texas at Austin ... (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may charge and collect from each student registered at the institution a fee in an ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge and collect from students registered at The University of Texas at Austin ... (a) The student fees advisory committee is established to advise the administration of The University of Texas at Austin on the type, level, and expenditure ... (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education may charge each student registered at the institution a student union fee not to exceed ... (a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection (b) of this section, the Board of Regents of Midwestern State University is hereby authorized ... (a) The board of regents of North Texas State University may levy a regular, fixed student fee against each student enrolled in that institution, as ... (a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection (b), the board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may charge each student ... (a) The board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may charge each student enrolled at the university a recreational sports fee not to ... (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may levy a regular, fixed student fee on each student enrolled in an educational ... (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern University may levy and collect a student fee not to exceed $35 per student for each semester ... (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern University may levy and collect a recreational facility fee not to exceed $50 per student for each ... (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern University may levy and collect a medical services fee not to exceed $35 per student for each ... (a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection (b) of this section, the board of regents of the Texas State University System may ... (a) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may impose a fee in a fixed amount on each student enrolled in a ... (a) The board of regents of Texas Woman's University may levy a regular, fixed student fee of not less than $25 or more than $40 ... (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $35 per student for each ... (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may levy a university center fee in an amount not to initially exceed $15 ... (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may charge each student enrolled at the University of Houston a recreational and wellness ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee not to exceed $39 per student for each ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy and collect from each student a compulsory fee for operating, maintaining, improving, ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $60 per student for each ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee of not less than $20 or more than ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at The University ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a student union fee for the sole purpose of financing, constructing, operating, ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee at The University of Texas of the ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy an Arts and Performance Center fee, not to exceed $20 per student ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a recreational facility fee on each student enrolled at The University of ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at The University of ... (a) If authorized under Subsection (b), the board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee not to exceed $30 per student for each ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled in The University of Texas at Austin a fee ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee ... (a) If approved by student vote at a system institution, the Board of Regents, Texas State University System, may charge each student enrolled at such ... (a) If approved by student vote at an institution, the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System may charge students at such institutions ... (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Texas A&M University--Corpus ... (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Texas A&M University--Kingsville. ... Text of section effective until September 1, 2013 (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee ... (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Tarleton State University ... (a) The Board of Regents of the University of Houston System may levy and collect a student center fee, not to exceed $40 per student ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at El Paso a ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, the board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas--Pan American a sports recreation ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio a ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas a recreational ... (a) The board of regents of Midwestern State University may charge each student enrolled at the university a recreational and health facilities fee not to ... (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education shall charge a reasonable fee to each person registered in a continuing education course at ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Brownsville a ... (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Brownsville a wellness, ... An educated population being necessary to the social development and economic health of this state, the legislature finds and declares it to be an urgent ... In this subchapter: (1) "Beneficiary" means a person who is entitled to receive benefits under a prepaid tuition contract. (2) "Board" means the Prepaid Higher ... (a) The Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board is in the office of the comptroller. (b) The board shall administer the prepaid higher education tuition program ... The Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter, ... If the comptroller determines the program is financially infeasible, the comptroller shall notify the governor and the legislature and recommend that the program be modified ... (a) A prepaid tuition contract remains in effect after the program is terminated if, when the program is terminated, the beneficiary: (1) has been accepted ... (a) The board consists of: (1) the comptroller; (2) two members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; and (3) ... (a) In recommending, making, or confirming appointments to the board, the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and senate shall ensure that ... (a) A person is not eligible for appointment as a member of the board if the person or the person's spouse: (1) is employed by ... (a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member: (1) violates a prohibition established by Section 54.608; (2) cannot because of ... (a) Before a member of the board may assume the member's duties and before an appointed member may be confirmed by the senate, the member ... (a) The comptroller serves as the presiding officer of the board. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary of the board whose duties may be ... Appointed members of the board shall serve without pay but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board or ... (a) The board shall hold regular quarterly meetings in the city of Austin and other meetings at places and times scheduled by the board in ... The board is subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, and the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code. Added by Acts ... (a) The comptroller serves as the executive director of the board. (b) The employees of the comptroller selected by the comptroller for that purpose serve ... (a) The board shall comply with federal and state laws related to program and facility accessibility. (b) The board shall prepare and maintain a written ... (a) The board shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the board and the board's procedures by which complaints are filed with ... (a) The board has the powers necessary or proper to carry out this subchapter. (b) The board may: (1) adopt an official seal; (2) adopt ... (a) Under the program, a purchaser may enter into a prepaid tuition contract with the board under which the purchaser agrees to prepay the tuition ... (a) The board may contract with a purchaser for the purchaser to prepay the tuition and required fees for a beneficiary to attend an institution ... (a) The beneficiary of a prepaid tuition contract must be younger than 18 years of age or 18 years of age or older and enrolled ... The board shall make prepaid tuition contracts available for the: (1) junior college plan; (2) senior college plan; (3) junior-senior college plan; and (4) private ... Through the junior college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend a public junior college ... (a) Through the senior college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend a public senior ... (a) The board may establish one or more plans to allow a person to prepay all or part of the tuition and required fees for ... Through the junior-senior college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend: (1) a public junior ... Through the private college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid estimated average private tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend a ... (a) The board may permit the purchaser of a prepaid tuition contract for a senior college plan or a private college plan at any time ... (a) The board may provide for the receipt of payments under prepaid tuition contracts in lump sums or installment payments. If the board allows payments ... (a) A prepaid tuition contract must permit the beneficiary to elect to pay from another source the beneficiary's tuition and required fees for some or ... (a) If the beneficiary of a prepaid tuition contract registers in a graduate or professional degree program before the termination of the contract and the ... (a) The purchaser of a prepaid tuition contract may designate a new beneficiary instead of the original beneficiary if the new beneficiary meets the requirements ... (a) A purchaser may convert a prepaid tuition contract from one plan to another plan. (b) The board may adjust the terms of the contract ... The board may require a purchaser to verify under oath a request to: (1) change a beneficiary; (2) convert a contract to another plan; or ... This subchapter is not a promise or guarantee that a beneficiary will be: (1) admitted to any institution of higher education or private or independent ... (a) A prepaid tuition contract shall specify: (1) the name of any person who may terminate the contract; and (2) the terms under which the ... (a) A prepaid tuition contract shall specify: (1) the name of the person entitled to any refund if the contract is terminated; (2) the terms ... (a) To the extent money is available, the board or the board of a direct-support organization established by the board under Subsection (e) may award ... (a) The Texas tomorrow constitutional trust fund is created as a trust fund to be held with the comptroller. The fund consists of: (1) state ... (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the comptroller is the custodian of the assets of the fund. (b) The comptroller shall pay money from ... (a) The board shall invest the assets of the fund. (b) The board may contract with private professional investment managers to assist the board in ... The assets of the fund may be used only to: (1) pay the costs of program administration and operations; (2) make payments to institutions of ... The registration requirements of The Securities Act (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) do not apply to the sale of a prepaid tuition ... (a) Money in the fund is exempt from claims of creditors, including claims of creditors of a purchaser, a beneficiary, or a successor in interest ... (a) The board shall administer the fund in a manner that is sufficiently actuarially sound to pay the costs of program administration and operations and ... The board shall monitor contributions to and withdrawals from the fund and any account within the fund to ensure that any applicable limits on contributions ... (a) Not later than January 1 of each year, the board shall furnish without charge to each purchaser a statement of: (1) the amount paid ... (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the board shall submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, Legislative ... (a) Records in the custody of the board relating to the participation of specific purchasers and beneficiaries in the program are confidential. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection ... (a) The provisions of this section are intended to meet the requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (b) A payment ... In this subchapter: (1) "Beneficiary" means an individual designated as the individual whose qualified higher education expenses are expected to be paid from the savings ... (a) The board shall: (1) develop and implement the plan in a manner consistent with this subchapter; (2) select the financial institution or institutions to ... (a) The board shall administer a higher education savings plan to enable individuals to save money for the qualified higher education expenses of an individual ... (a) The board shall contract with one or more financial institutions to serve as plan manager and to invest the money in savings trust accounts. ... (a) A plan manager shall: (1) take all actions required to keep the plan in compliance with this subchapter, to ensure that the plan qualifies ... (a) A contract between the board and a financial institution to act as a plan manager under this subchapter must be for a term of ... (a) An individual may open a savings trust account to save money for the payment of the qualified higher education expenses of a beneficiary. The ... (a) Contributions to a savings trust account may be made only in cash or by electronic funds transfer. An employee of the state or a ... (a) A plan manager shall provide separate accounting for each savings trust account. (b) An account owner or beneficiary may not direct the investment of ... (a) Nothing in this subchapter or in any savings trust agreement entered into under this subchapter may be construed to: (1) give a beneficiary any ... The opening or maintenance of a savings trust account does not promise or guarantee that a beneficiary of the account will: (1) be admitted to ... A savings trust account owner or beneficiary is not required to be a resident of this state. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1250, ... The board shall adopt policies for promotion of the plan and the disclosure of plan information to savings trust account owners and beneficiaries in a ... (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all information relating to the plan is public and subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. ... If the comptroller determines that the plan is not financially feasible, the comptroller shall notify the governor and the legislature and recommend that the board ... If the plan is terminated, the balance of each savings trust account shall be paid to the account owner, to the extent possible, and any ... Texas Lawyers
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