Texas Education Code - Section 56.079. Work-Study Student Mentorship Program
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§ 56.079. WORK-STUDY STUDENT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM. (a) In
this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the
meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) A general academic teaching institution may establish a
work-study student mentorship program under which students who are
enrolled in their junior or senior year at the institution and who
meet the eligibility requirements for employment in the Texas
college work-study program under Section 56.075 may be employed by
the institution under the Texas college work-study program to
mentor students who are on academic probation at the institution.
(c) A general academic teaching institution that has
established a work-study student mentorship program under this
section may require students who are on academic probation at the
institution to be matched with a student mentor employed under the
program.
(d) Not later than November 1 of each year, each general
academic teaching institution that has established a work-study
student mentorship program under this section shall submit to the
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board a report regarding the
progress of the institution's program. The report must include the
number of students employed by the institution as mentors under the
program in the preceding academic year and information relating to
the costs of the program and the academic progress of the students
receiving mentoring under the program in that year.
(e) Each general academic teaching institution that has
established a work-study student mentorship program under this
section shall set aside a portion of the institution's Texas
college work-study program funds to pay for the state's
contribution toward the costs of the program.
(f) Notwithstanding Section 56.076, a general academic
teaching institution that employs a student mentor under the
work-study student mentorship program shall provide from sources
other than federal college work-study funds:
(1) not less than 10 percent of the employed student's
wages; and
(2) 100 percent of other employee benefits for the
employed student.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1230, § 5, eff. June 18, 2005.
Section: 56.072 56.073 56.074 56.075 56.076 56.077 56.078 56.079 56.091 56.092 56.093 56.094 56.095 56.121 56.122
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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