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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas bans public colleges from waiving tuition or fees based on student income
Last action · March 11, 2025: Referred to Higher EducationSponsor: Carl Tepper
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas public institutions of higher education are prohibited from offering tuition or fee waivers or reductions based on financial hardship or income beginning January 1, 2026. The restriction applies to individual student income, household income, and guardian income, but exempts scholarships or grants awarded under Chapter 56 of the Education Code.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Students enrolled in institutions of higher education
Governing boards of institutions of higher education
Governing boards are prohibited from offering income-based tuition or fee waivers and must apply fee waivers uniformly across all students in good academic standing for fully funded courses.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can universities still award scholarships or grants based on income?
What happens if a university waives tuition for a fully funded course?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 11, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Higher Education
- Mar 11, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 22, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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