Texas Education Code - Section 56.091. Establishment; Administration
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§ 56.091. ESTABLISHMENT; ADMINISTRATION. (a) The Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board shall establish and administer
the doctoral incentive loan repayment program as provided by this
subchapter and shall adopt rules as necessary to administer the
program.
(b) The purpose of the doctoral incentive loan repayment
program is to provide education loan repayment assistance to
individuals from groups that are underrepresented among the faculty
and administration of public and independent institutions of higher
education in this state to increase the number of individuals from
those underrepresented groups among the faculty and administration
of public and independent institutions of higher education in this
state.
(c) For purposes of this subchapter, an individual is from a
group that is underrepresented among the faculty and administration
of public and independent institutions of higher education in this
state if:
(1) the individual was from a low socioeconomic
background while pursuing the individual's undergraduate
education; or
(2) when the individual graduated from high school the
individual resided in an area from which a disproportionately low
number of high school graduates enrolled in postsecondary
educational institutions.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 820, § 47, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Section: 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 56.123
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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