Tex. Educ. Code § 131.005 · Chapter 131. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF
TUITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
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.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.131.htm
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