H.B. No. 928         AN ACT   relating to assisting certain children who are in foster care in the   process of applying to institutions of higher education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 264, Family Code, is   amended by adding Section 264.1211 to read as follows:          Sec. 264.1211.  FACILITATION OF TRANSITION TO INSTITUTION OF   HIGHER EDUCATION.  (a)  In this section, "community resource   coordination group" means a coordination group established under a   memorandum of understanding under Section 531.055, Government   Code.          (b)  A department employee who is a member of a community   resource coordination group shall inform the group about the   tuition and fee waivers for institutions of higher education that   are available to eligible children in foster care under Section   54.366, Education Code.          (c)  Each school district, in coordination with the   department, shall facilitate the transition of each child enrolled   in the district who is eligible for a tuition and fee waiver under   Section 54.366, Education Code, and who is likely to be in the   conservatorship of the department on the day preceding the child's   18th birthday to an institution of higher education by:                (1)  assisting the child with the completion of any   applications for admission or for financial aid;                (2)  arranging and accompanying the child on campus   visits;                (3)  assisting the child in researching and applying   for private or institution-sponsored scholarships;                (4)  identifying whether the child is a candidate for   appointment to a military academy;                (5)  assisting the child in registering and preparing   for college entrance examinations, including, subject to the   availability of funds, arranging for the payment of any examination   fees by the department; and                (6)  coordinating contact between the child and a   liaison officer designated under Section 61.0908, Education Code,   for students who were formerly in the department's conservatorship.          SECTION 2.  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, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 928 was passed by the House on May 3,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 928 was passed by the Senate on May   23, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor