{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-131.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 131.005","heading":"TUITION.","body":"(a) A Texas resident student enrolled in the college is exempt from tuition fees under Section 54.364.\n(b) A student who is not a resident of Texas shall pay tuition at a rate that is the lesser of:\n(1) the rate provided by this code for a nonresident student enrolled at a general academic teaching institution; or\n(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.\nAdded 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.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 32), Sec. 10, eff. January 1, 2012.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 2 (H.B. 1101), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE G. NON-BACCALAUREATE SYSTEM","CHAPTER 131. SOUTHWEST COLLEGE FOR THE DEAF"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.131.htm#131.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"7f0ad8d4d28a2c999ce51936096dc9d1ccc54e59609c4cb6d8b4ef1c43e68663","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-131.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-131.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}