12. Senate Bill 18 Amendment 1

Adoption; April 4, 2017; Journal Page 880; 18 Yeas, 13 Nays

YCT Nay. SB 18 intended to eliminate public higher education's’ tuition set-asides which is a financial burden to all students paying for college. However, Senator Seliger (the bill’s author) filed an amendment that would create the Texas Students First Grant Program, a new financial assistance grant program, an action YCT opposes. The grant program would have been eligible to receive funding from the legislature as well as public and private sources. The bill itself is good bill by stopping universities from taking tuition dollars from certain students and dedicating them to other college students. However, Senator Seliger tried to replace financial aid with financial aid.