Sec. 51.844. READMISSION OF CERTAIN MILITARY PERSONNEL TO GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS. (a) This section applies only to a person who:
(1) was previously offered admission to, or was enrolled in, a graduate program or professional program at a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit;
(2) did not initially enroll in the program, or withdrew from the program, as applicable, because of the person's deployment as a member of the armed forces of the United States serving on active duty for the purpose of engaging in a combative military operation outside the United States; and
(3) seeks readmission to the program following the person's military deployment under Subdivision (2).
(b) A general academic teaching institution or a medical and dental unit must, regardless of the time since the person was initially offered admission to, or withdrew from, the program, as applicable:
(1) readmit a person to whom this section applies to the applicable graduate or professional program;
(2) apply credit toward the program for any course work previously completed by the person under the program; and
(3) accept a standardized test score previously submitted by that person for admission to the program.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1194 (S.B. 1159), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.
Last modified: September 28, 2016