HB3026 - Relating to the payment of fees and costs associated with driver education and safety courses and driver's license examinations for certain students.

  89R11995 JAM-D     By: A. Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 3026       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the payment of fees and costs associated with driver   education and safety courses and driver's license examinations for   certain students.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 521.168, Transportation   Code, is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 521.168.  PAYMENT OF FEES FOR CERTAIN [ FOSTER AND   HOMELESS ] CHILDREN AND YOUTHS.          SECTION 2.  Section 521.168(a), Transportation Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Unless prohibited under Section 521.4265(c), the Texas   Workforce Commission shall on request pay the fees associated with   meeting a requirement imposed under this subchapter or Chapter   1001, Education Code, for a person who is:                (1)  eligible for a driver's license fee exemption   under Section 521.1811; [ or ]                (2)  younger than 26 years of age and:                      (A)  was in the managing conservatorship of the   Department of Family and Protective Services on the day before the   person's 18th birthday; or                      (B)  is a homeless child or youth as defined by 42   U.S.C. Section 11434a ; or                 (3)     educationally disadvantaged, as defined by   Section 5.001, Education Code .          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.