89R3277 MM-F     By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1934       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of   higher education for certain child-care workers.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 54, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 54.3532 to read as follows:          Sec. 54.3532.  CHILD-CARE EMPLOYEES ENROLLED IN CERTAIN   COURSES. (a)  The governing board of an institution of higher   education shall exempt from the payment of tuition and required   fees charged by the institution for a child development or early   childhood education course or courses an undergraduate student who:                (1)  is employed at a child-care facility licensed   under Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code;                (2)  is enrolled in an associate degree or certificate   program in child development or early childhood education at the   institution;                (3)  is making satisfactory academic progress toward   the student's degree or certificate program as determined by the   institution; and                (4)  applies for the exemption not later than the   seventh day before the last date of the institution's regular   registration period for the applicable semester or other term.          (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a student may not   receive an exemption under that subsection for any course if the   student has previously attempted a number of semester credit hours   for courses taken at any institution of higher education while   classified as a resident student for tuition purposes in excess of   the maximum number of those hours specified by Section 61.0595(a)   as eligible for funding under the formulas established under   Section 61.059.          (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the governing board of   an institution of higher education may not provide exemptions under   that subsection to students enrolled in a specific class in a number   that exceeds 20 percent of the maximum student enrollment   designated by the institution for that class.          (d)  An exemption provided under this section does not apply   to deposits that may be required in the nature of security for the   return or proper care of property loaned for the use of students.          (e)  The coordinating board shall adopt:                (1)  rules governing the granting or denial of an   exemption under this section, including rules relating to the   determination of a student's eligibility for an exemption; and                (2)  a uniform listing of degree programs covered by   the exemption under this section.          (f)  If the legislature does not specifically appropriate   funds to an institution of higher education in an amount sufficient   to pay the institution's costs in complying with this section for a   semester, the governing board of the institution of higher   education shall report to the Senate Finance Committee and the   House Appropriations Committee the cost to the institution of   complying with this section for that semester.          SECTION 2.  (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating   Board shall adopt the rules required by Section 54.3532, Education   Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the   effective date of this Act.          (b)  Section 54.3532, Education Code, as added by this Act,   applies beginning with tuition and required fees charged for the   2025 fall semester. Tuition and required fees charged for an   academic period before that semester 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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.