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Texas Education Code - Section 54.212. One-Year Exemption For Certain Tanf Students

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§ 54.212. ONE-YEAR EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN TANF 
STUDENTS.  A student is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees 
authorized by this chapter for the first academic year in which the 
student enrolls at an institution of higher education if the 
student:
		(1)  graduated from a public high school in this state;                       
		(2)  successfully completed the attendance 
requirements under Section 21.032;
		(3)  during the student's last year of public high 
school in this state, was a dependent child receiving financial 
assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, for not less 
than six months;
		(4)  is younger than 22 years of age on the date of 
enrollment;             
		(5)  enrolls at the institution as an undergraduate 
student not later than the second anniversary of the date of 
graduation from a public high school in this state;
		(6)  has met the entrance examination requirements of 
the institution before the date of enrollment;  and
		(7)  is classified as a resident under Subchapter B.                          

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 620, § 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 74th Leg., ch. 620, § 1;  Acts 2001, 77th 
Leg., ch. 1094, § 1, eff. June 15, 2001.

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