Education Code §131.005

In force on Sep 01, 2019 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2019 · same as today's text

TUITION

(a) A Texas resident student enrolled in the college is exempt from tuition fees under Section 54.364 . (b) A student who is not a resident of Texas shall pay tuition at a rate that is the lesser of: (1) the rate provided by this code for a nonresident student enrolled at a general academic teaching institution; or (2) a rate determined by the board of trustees and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to be the approximate cost to the college, not including room and board, of educating a student during the academic year beginning the next fall.

History: Added by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 366, ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. May 14, 1981. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 140, Sec. 1, eff. May 24, 1985; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 116, Sec. 2, eff. May 17, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 32 ), Sec. 10, eff. January 1, 2012. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (H.B. 1101 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 2019 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

JM-0240 (Dec 05, 1984): Nonresident tuition at the Southwest Collegiate Institute for the Deaf

A research copy. The official text is the Legislature's (statutes), the Secretary of State's (Texas Administrative Code) or eCFR's (federal rules). Not legal advice.