By: Creighton, Menéndez  S.B. No. 2786          (In the Senate - Filed March 14, 2025; April 3, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;   April 22, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 22, 2025,   sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2786 By:  West     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the   Texas Success Initiative for certain students who are public   officers or employees.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 51.332, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 51.332.  APPLICABILITY. This subchapter does not apply   to:                (1)  a student who has graduated with an associate or   baccalaureate degree from an institution of higher education;                (2)  a student who transfers to an institution of   higher education from a private or independent institution of   higher education or an accredited out-of-state institution of   higher education and who has satisfactorily completed   college-level coursework;                (3)  a student who is enrolled in a certificate program   of one year or less at a public junior college, a public technical   institute, or a public state college;                (4)  a student who is serving on active duty as a member   of:                      (A)  the armed forces of the United States; or                      (B)  the Texas National Guard;                (5)  a student who is currently serving as and, for at   least the three-year period preceding enrollment, has served as a   member of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United   States; [or]                (6)  a student who on or after August 1, 1990, was   honorably discharged, retired, or released from:                      (A)  active duty as a member of the armed forces of   the United States or the Texas National Guard; or                      (B)  service as a member of a reserve component of   the armed forces of the United States;                (7)  a student who is:                      (A)  certified as an emergency medical technician   under Chapter 773, Health and Safety Code; and                      (B)  employed by a political subdivision;                (8)  a student who is included as fire protection   personnel by Section 419.021, Government Code; or                (9)  a student who is elected, appointed, or employed   to serve as a peace officer described by Article 2A.001, Code of   Criminal Procedure, or other law.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies   beginning with the assessment of entering undergraduate students at   public institutions of higher education for the 2025 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.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *