Texas Education Code - Section 56.144. Amount And Payment Of Conditional Grants
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§ 56.144. AMOUNT AND PAYMENT OF CONDITIONAL GRANTS. (a)
The department by rule shall prescribe criteria for the selection
of applicants for grants under this subchapter. The criteria must
include consideration of a student's secondary school scholastic
record.
(b) Each semester the department shall distribute a
conditional grant to each student selected under the criteria
adopted under Subsection (a) on receipt of an enrollment report
from the institution enrolling the student and certification from
the institution of the amount of tuition and fees for the student.
(c) The amount of a conditional grant is the sum of:
(1) the certified amount of tuition and fees for the
student; and
(2) a stipend for each whole calendar month in the
semester in an amount determined by the department based on
financial need.
(d) The total amount of all conditional grants distributed
by the department may not exceed the amount appropriated for the
grant program under this subchapter.
(e) The department shall proportionately reduce the amount
of each unpaid conditional grant if the amount appropriated for the
conditional grants is less than the estimated amount of all unpaid
conditional grants.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 551, § 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Renumbered from V.T.C.A., Education Code § 56.124 by Acts 1991,
72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 14, § 8.01(9), eff. Nov. 12, 1991.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 151, § 4, eff. Sept. 1,
1995.
Section: 56.132 56.133 56.134 56.135 56.141 56.142 56.143 56.144 56.145 56.147 56.161 56.162 56.163 56.164 56.165
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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