Highlights 77th Texas Legislature - Senate

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EDUCATION/Higher
77 th Texas Legislature
• Lamar State College-Port Arthur - $7.7 million
• Sam Houston State University- $18 million
• Southwest Texas State University - $18.4 million
• Sul Ross State University- $15.2 million
• University of North Texas - $52.9 million
• University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth - $27.5 million
• Texas Woman's University - $25.8 million
• Midwestern State University - $9.0 million
• Stephen F. Austin State University - $14.1 million
• Texas Tech University - $23.6 million
• Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center - $66.9 million
• Texas Southern University - $79 million
• Texas State Technical College - Harlingen - $3.4 million
• Texas State Technical College - Marshall - $1.8 million
• Texas State Technical College - Waco - $3.4 million
• Texas State Technical College - West Texas - $2.3 million
No Tuition or Fees for Educational Aides Studying to be Teachers - H.B. 1130
by Representative Rangel, et al.
Senate Sponsor: Senator Barrientos
The 75th Legislature created the Educational Aide Exemption Program to fund tuition and fee exemptions
for educational aides who attend college to become certified teachers.
Expands the number of teacher aides who are eligible to receive the exemption from tuition and fees and
requires school districts and universities to adopt plans designed to facilitate the use of the program and
increase the number of certified teachers in Texas.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board estimates that following the passage of the bill the
number of participants in the program will double from 1,700 to 3,400. The General Appropriations Bill
includes a rider that increases the transfer from the Texas Education Agency to the Coordinating Board for
this and other tuition credit programs. In the General Appropriations Bill, the Coordinating Board strategy
related to the Educational Aide Program is increased from $1 million to $2 million a year to reflect the
increase in the rider transfer. Therefore the resulting increase in costs as a result of this bill are already
provided for in the General Appropriations Bill.
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