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
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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
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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
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