TITLE: Relating to eligibility requirements for the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant.

SUMMARY: Relating to eligibility requirements for the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to eligibility requirements for the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 56.404(e), Education Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) A person may not receive a grant under this subchapter and [if the person is eligible for] a TEXAS grant under Subchapter Mfor the same semester or other term, regardless of whether the person is otherwise eligible for both grants during that semester or term. A person who but for this subsection would be awarded both a grant under this subchapter and a TEXAS grant for the same semester or other term is entitled to receive only the grant of the greater amount.SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act relating to the eligibility of a student for a Texas Educational Opportunity Grant applies beginning with grants awarded for the 2011-2012 academic year. Grants awarded for an academic year before the 2011-2012 academic year are governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.