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Senate panel hears testimony on bill to remove age limit for foster-care tuition waiver
Summary
Senate Committee on Education heard testimony supporting House Bill 12 11, which would remove the age limit that prevents some former foster youth from using a state tuition and fee waiver; supporters said the change would let more former foster youth access postsecondary education when they are ready, while fiscal impact is uncertain.
House Bill 12 11, which would remove the current age limit for former foster youth to use a state tuition and fee waiver, was laid out and left pending after public testimony before the Texas Senate Committee on Education.
The bill, presented to the committee by Senator José Menéndez, would eliminate the requirement that prospective students use the waiver before their 20th birthday and align the benefit for youth who age out of foster care with the treatment currently available to youth adopted from foster care.
The bill matters because state data and witnesses said many former foster youth are unlikely to be able to enroll in postsecondary education immediately after leaving care. “This…
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