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      By: Creighton  S.B. No. 1319          (In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2025; February 28, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;   May 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 10,   Nays 1; May 16, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to a limit on the number of athletic scholarships that may   be awarded to foreign students by a public institution of higher   education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 51.9247 to read as follows:           Sec.   51.9247.     LIMIT ON NUMBER OF ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS   AWARDED TO FOREIGN STUDENTS. (a)   In this section, "institution of   higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.           (b)     For each intercollegiate athletic program, an   institution of higher education may not award for an academic year   to students who are citizens of a foreign country more than 25   percent of the athletic scholarships, grants, or similar financial   assistance conditioned on the student's participation in the   program that are available for the program for that academic year.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.9247, Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with the 2026-2027 academic year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *