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  89R15567 RDR-D     By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 3559       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to prohibiting consideration of certain factors regarding   student financial assistance by public institutions of higher   education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 56.010 to read as follows:           Sec.   56.010.     CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN FACTORS REGARDING   STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROHIBITED. Notwithstanding any   other provision of this code, an institution of higher education   may not:                 (1)     award student financial assistance based on race,   sex, gender, or sexual orientation; or                 (2)     pay for or advertise student financial assistance   awarded based on race, sex, gender, or sexual orientation.          SECTION 2.  Section 56.010, Education Code, as added by this   Act, applies beginning with student financial assistance paid for,   advertised, or awarded by a public institution of higher education   for the 2026 fall semester.  Student financial assistance paid for,   advertised, or awarded for a term or semester before the 2026 fall   semester is governed by the law in effect on the date on which the   student financial assistance was paid for, advertised, or awarded,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.