87S20627 MM-D     By: Jetton H.B. No. 226       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to education benefits at public institutions of higher   education for certain survivors of public servants.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  This Act may be cited as Caleb Rule's Law.          SECTION 2.  Section 54.354(a), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  A person is eligible to receive education benefits under   this section if the person is one of the following eligible   survivors of an individual listed under Section 615.003, Government   Code:                (1)  a surviving spouse; or                (2)  a surviving [minor] child who:                      (A)  on the date of the listed individual's death   is younger than 25 years of age; and                      (B)  if the child is not a biological or adopted   child of the listed individual, was claimed as a dependent on the   individual's federal income tax return for the year preceding the   year of the individual's death [as defined by Section 615.001,   Government Code].          SECTION 3.  Section 54.354(a), Education Code, as amended by   this Act, applies beginning with costs charged for the spring 2022   semester. Costs charged for an academic period before that semester   are covered 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 4.  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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the   legislative session.