Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1979 )

The Attorney General of Texas October 3; 1979 MARKWHITE Attorney Qeneml HonorableKennethIi. Ashwarth. opinion No. RR-63 coordinatingBoard Tex&College & UniversitySystem Re: Tuition for foreign students Austin,Texas 79711 enrolledin juniorcoReSea 701 corn--. sun4 200 Dear Dr. Ashwcrth: OIIW. TX. 7.5202 214nudou You have *uested our apInionregardinSthe tuition rate for foreign st~dentaenrolledin public junior colleges. Senate Bill 530, enacted by the 66th. Lvgislature, amendedm&tee&ion0 of section 54.051of the Texas RducationC+deto provider Tuition for studentswho are dtiakns of any country 12.3M4l”. sun4 010 other thanthe UnitedStates of America is the same Houton, TX. 77002 as ttitlon requiredof other nonresidentstudents.. ,. . 71sMMm)l %&ion 13O.OOS(b~I) of the R&cation Code requiresthat a juniorcollege, in order to be eligible for its shareof the biennialstate appropriation,’ Km Blndw4y. sulh 212 LUbbook,lx. 7sw 2cdn47-2222 collect, from each full-time and part-time student enrolled, matriculationand other session fees in the amountsrequiredandprovidedby law for other state- swported institutionsof higher education, ertoept, however,. . . that the amount charged nonresidents . . . need not be greater than the amountso required bylawonJanuaryl,1971 . . . . You ask whether,if a junior college elects to charge tuition to nonresident studentsat a rate equal to or greater than the amountrequiredby law on January1, 1971,but lem thanthe amountwhicha seniorcollege mustcharge, it may applythe same rate to foreign students. In Attorney General Opinion H-103 U973), this office distbquished between three classes of students for tuition purposes - resident, nonresidentandalien- and said that aliens are not the studentsdefined as Mn-residents~ for whomtuitionIs providedby section 54.051(c). . . . p. 197 . . HonorableKennethII. Ashwath - Page Two (Mw-631 Since there are threescategories bf students- residents,nonresidentsand foreign students- the exception in section 130.003(b)(4) relatingto nonresidentsdoes not extend to fore&n students. Thus,it is our opinionthat,a junior college ‘in order to be eligible for its share of ths biennial state appropriation,must charge the same rate to foreign studentsas that chargedby state senim collegea See Rduc.Code S 54.057(indicatinghow a foreign studentcan qualify for residenttuition).- SUMMARY A public junior college, in order to be eligible for its shareof the biennialstate appropriation,mustchargeforeign studentsthe same tuitionrate chargedby state seniorcolleges. Verytruly youm, MAR.K WHITE AttorneyGeneralof Texas : J&IN W. PAINTER;JR. Fimt Assistant Attorney Qeneral TEDL. HARTLEY RxecutiveAssistantAttorneyGeneral Frqared by Rick Gilpin AssistantAttorney&neral APPROVBD: OF’INION COMMiTTEE C. Robert Heath,Chairman MarthaAllen DavidB. Brooks SusanGarrison WilliamQ Reid BruceYoun@lood p. 198