Texas Education Code § 131.005 Tuition

Sec. 131.005. TUITION. (a) A Texas resident student enrolled in the institute is exempt from tuition fees under Section 54.364.

(b) A student who is not a resident of Texas shall pay tuition at a rate that is the lesser of:

(1) the rate provided by this code for a nonresident student enrolled at a general academic teaching institution; or

(2) a rate determined by the board of trustees and the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System to be the approximate cost to the institute, not including room and board, of educating a student during the academic year beginning the next fall.

Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 140, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1985; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 116, Sec. 2, eff. May 17, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 32), Sec. 10, eff. January 1, 2012.

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