87R9296 MM-D     By: Murphy H.B. No. 4383       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to providing information to undergraduate students   regarding a fixed tuition rate provided by general academic   teaching institutions.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 54.016, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  A general academic teaching institution that offers a   fixed tuition rate program under this section shall provide   information explaining the effect of the program on the calculation   of a student's cost per credit hour, including the institution's   current fixed tuition rate, and clearly describing the amount of   tuition a student would pay for varying course loads covered by the   program:                (1)  to each transferring undergraduate student, at the   time the student is offered the opportunity to participate in the   institution's fixed tuition rate program;                (2)  for a student enrolled in the institution's fixed   tuition rate program, in materials or correspondence provided to   the student each time the student registers for a semester or other   term and in each tuition billing statement;                (3)  on the institution's Internet website; and                (4)  in any financial aid information provided to   students.          SECTION 2.  Section 54.017, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:          (h)  An institution to which this section applies shall   provide information explaining the effect of the fixed tuition   price plan on the calculation of a student's cost per credit hour,   including the institution's current fixed tuition rate, and clearly   describing the amount of tuition a student would pay for varying   course loads covered by the plan:                (1)  to each entering undergraduate student, at the   time the student is offered the opportunity to participate in the   institution's fixed tuition price plan;                (2)  for a student enrolled in the institution's fixed   tuition price plan, in materials or correspondence provided to the   student each time the student registers for a semester or other term   and in each tuition billing statement;                (3)  on the institution's Internet website; and                (4)  in any financial aid information provided to   students.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.