TITLE: Relating to fees charged to certain military personnel for taking an assessment instrument under the Texas Success Initiative.

SUMMARY: Relating to fees charged to certain military personnel for taking an assessment instrument under the Texas Success Initiative.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to fees charged to certain military personnel for taking an assessment instrument under the Texas Success Initiative. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (r-1) to read as follows: (r-1) If a student described by Subsection (r)(4), (5), or (6) elects to take an assessment instrument under this section, the institution of higher education that administers the instrument to the student may not charge the student any fee for taking the instrument. SECTION 2. Section 51.3062(r-1), Education Code, as added by this Act, applies beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at public institutions of higher education for the 2017 fall semester. The assessment of an entering undergraduate student for an academic term before that semester is covered by the law in effect before the effective date of this Act, and that 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.