Relating to the exemption from the assessment requirements of the Texas Success Initiative for certain students who are public officers or employees, the official text

S.B. No. 2786

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.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2786 passed the Senate on

May 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2786 passed the House on

May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 10, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor