SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 56.001 - Short Title
This Chapter may be cited as the Student Financial Assistance Act of 1975. Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2323, ch. 720, Sec. 1,...
- Texas Section 56.002 - Declaration Of Policy
The legislature, giving due consideration to the historical and continuing interest of the people of the State of Texas in encouraging deserving and qualified persons...
- Texas Section 56.003 - Definitions
In this Chapter: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by Section 61.003 of this code. (2) "Governing...
- Texas Section 56.004 - Filing Fees In Suits To Collect Delinquent Student Loans
Notwithstanding any other law, if an institution of higher education brings suit to collect or enforce the repayment of a delinquent student loan, the institution...
- Texas Section 56.006 - Employee Trained In Student Financial Assistance Programs For Veterans And Families
(a) Each institution of higher education shall ensure that one or more persons employed by the institution is trained: (1) in understanding state and federal...
- Texas Section 56.007 - Exclusion Of Assets In Prepaid Tuition Programs And Higher Education Savings Plans
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the right of a person to assets held in or the right to receive payments or benefits under any fund...
- Texas Section 56.008 - Priority Deadline For Student Financial Assistance
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule shall provide for a uniform priority application deadline for applications for financial assistance for an academic...
- Texas Section 56.009 - Eligibility Based On Graduation Under Certain High School Programs
To the extent that a person's eligibility to participate in any program under this chapter, including Subchapters K, Q, and R, is contingent on the...
SUBCHAPTER B FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FUNDED FROM DESIGNATED TUITION
- Texas Section 56.0092 - Texas B-on-time Student Loan Account; Former Loan Program Continued In Effect For Certain Academic Years Only
(a) The Texas B-On-time student loan account previously established by former Section 56.463 continues as an account in the general revenue fund. The account consists...
- Texas Section 56.011 - Resident Undergraduate Student Assistance
(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall cause to be set aside not less than 15 percent of any amount of...
- Texas Section 56.012 - Resident Graduate Student Assistance
(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall cause to be set aside not less than 15 percent of any amount of...
- Texas Section 56.013 - Information Regarding Financial Assistance Funded From Designated Tuition
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall disseminate to each public or accredited private high school in this state information regarding the financial assistance available...
SUBCHAPTER C TEXAS PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL GRANTS
- Texas Section 56.014 - Notice To Students Regarding Tuition Set Aside For Financial Assistance
(a) An institution of higher education that is required by this subchapter to set aside a portion of a student's tuition payments to provide financial...
- Texas Section 56.031 - Short Title
The grant program authorized by this subsection shall be cited as the Texas Public Educational Grants Program and individual grants awarded pursuant to this program...
- Texas Section 56.032 - Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to provide a program to supply grants of money to students attending institutions of higher education in Texas whose...
- Texas Section 56.033 - Source Of Program Funding
(a) The governing board of each institution of higher education, including the Texas State Technical College System, shall cause to be set aside: (1) not...
- Texas Section 56.034 - Guidelines For Determining Eligibility And Awarding Grants
(a) The governing boards of institutions of higher education shall establish guidelines to determine eligibility for awarding Texas Public Educational Grants subject to the limitations...
- Texas Section 56.035 - Type Of Grants To Be Awarded
Texas Public Educational Grants shall not be awarded for any specific purpose other than meeting all or part of a student's demonstrated financial need. Added...
- Texas Section 56.036 - Transfer Of Grant Funds For Use As Matching Funds
Each institution of higher education is authorized to transfer any or all of the funds set aside for the Texas Public Educational Grant Program to...
- Texas Section 56.037 - Priorities In Awarding Matching Funds
In awarding matching funds to be used in conjunction with Texas Public Educational Grants, the coordinating board shall give first priority to those institutions and...
- Texas Section 56.038 - Restrictions And Return Of Transferred Funds
The coordinating board may not use funds transferred to it pursuant to this subchapter from one institution to award grants to students of a different...
SUBCHAPTER D EMERGENCY TUITION, FEE, AND TEXTBOOK LOANS
- Texas Section 56.039 - Full Use Of Funds
At the end of a fiscal year, if the total amount of unencumbered funds that have been set aside under this subchapter by an institution...
- Texas Section 56.051 - Emergency Loans
Each institution of higher education may establish an emergency loan program under which students are loaned money to pay tuition, fees, and the costs of...
- Texas Section 56.052 - Eligibility
(a) The governing board of each institution shall adopt rules establishing eligibility criteria. The rules must allow eligible students to obtain loans on the basis...
- Texas Section 56.053 - Terms
(a) The governing board of each institution shall adopt rules providing for the terms of the loan, subject to the following: (1) the loan must...
- Texas Section 56.054 - Source Of Program Funding
The loans shall be made from the funds set aside for that purpose under Section 56.033 of this code. Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg.,...
SUBCHAPTER E TEXAS COLLEGE WORK-STUDY PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.055 - Deferred Repayment
(a) It is the goal of this state that no resident be denied the opportunity to receive an education in a public institution of higher...
- Texas Section 56.071 - Program Name
The student financial assistance program authorized by this subchapter shall be known as the Texas college work-study program. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 56.072 - Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to provide eligible, financially needy students with jobs, funded in part by the State of Texas, to enable those...
- Texas Section 56.073 - Administrative Authority
(a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall administer the Texas college work-study program. The coordinating board shall work with eligible institutions and employers to...
- Texas Section 56.074 - Eligible Institution
An eligible institution is: (1) an institution of higher education; or (2) a private or independent college, university, association, agency, institution, or facility that is...
- Texas Section 56.075 - Eligible Student
(a) To be eligible for employment in the work-study program a person must: (1) be a Texas resident as defined by coordinating board rules; (2)...
- Texas Section 56.076 - Eligible Employer
(a) An eligible institution may enter into agreements with employers that participate in the work-study program. To be eligible to participate in the work-study program,...
- Texas Section 56.077 - Adoption And Distribution Of Rules
(a) The coordinating board may adopt reasonable rules, consistent with the purposes and policies of this subchapter, to enforce the requirements, conditions, and limitations expressed...
- Texas Section 56.078 - Funding
Funding to cover the state's contribution toward the funding of the work-study program under this subchapter is payable from funds appropriated for that purpose. Added...
- Texas Section 56.079 - Work-study Student Mentorship Program
(a) In this section: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Eligible institution" means: (A) an institution of higher education; or...
- Texas Section 56.080 - Online List Of Work-study Employment Opportunities
Each institution of higher education shall: (1) establish and maintain an online list of work-study employment opportunities, sorted by department as appropriate, available to students...
- Texas Section 56.081 - Study On Feasibility Of Providing Off-campus Work-study Employment
(a) In this section, "public junior college" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall conduct a study...
SUBCHAPTER F DOCTORAL INCENTIVE LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.082 - Biennial Report
(a) Not later than January 1 of each odd-numbered year, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall submit to the standing legislative committees with primary...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 56.092 - Eligibility
To be eligible for loan repayment assistance under the doctoral incentive loan repayment program, an individual must: (1) be employed as a full-time faculty or...
- Texas Section 56.093 - Eligible Loans
The coordinating board may provide repayment assistance under the doctoral incentive loan repayment program for the repayment of any education loan received by an eligible...
- Texas Section 56.094 - Loan Repayment Assistance
(a) The coordinating board may provide assistance in the repayment of an eligible loan to an eligible individual in the amounts and under the terms...
SUBCHAPTER H STUDENT LOAN REVENUE BOND PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.095 - Funding; Limitation On Funding
(a) The doctoral incentive loan repayment program may be funded only from a source provided by this section. The total amount of loan repayment assistance...
- Texas Section 56.121 - Purpose
The purpose of this subchapter is to provide loans to qualified students to enable those students to attend institutions of higher education. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 56.122 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Fund" means the student loan revenue bond fund. Added by Acts 1991,...
- Texas Section 56.123 - Creation
(a) A special fund to be known as the student loan revenue bond fund is created in the state treasury. (b) The fund consists of...
- Texas Section 56.124 - Administration
(a) The board shall administer this subchapter. (b) The board shall adopt and distribute to each institution of higher education rules to administer this subchapter....
- Texas Section 56.125 - Loans From Fund
(a) The board shall make a loan from the fund to a student who qualifies for a loan under Subchapter C, Chapter 52, of this...
- Texas Section 56.126 - Revenue Bonds
(a) The board may by resolution authorize the issuance of revenue bonds to operate the program of making loans from the fund under this subchapter....
- Texas Section 56.127 - Refunding Bonds
The board may by resolution authorize the issuance of refunding bonds. The board may issue refunding bonds in the manner and for the purposes provided...
- Texas Section 56.128 - Amount Of Bonds
The total amount of revenue and refunding bonds issued by the board in a state fiscal year may not exceed $75 million. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 56.129 - Interest Rate
The revenue bonds or refunding bonds must bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate provided by Chapter 1204, Government Code. Added by...
- Texas Section 56.130 - Maturity
Bonds issued under this subchapter may mature serially or otherwise not later than the 40th year after the date of their issuance. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 56.131 - Execution Of Bonds
The commissioner of higher education shall execute bonds issued under this subchapter in the name of the board. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 56.132 - Approval And Registration Of Bonds
(a) The attorney general shall examine bonds issued under this subchapter and the records relating to the bonds' issuance. (b) If the attorney general finds...
- Texas Section 56.133 - Replacement Of Bond
The board may provide for the replacement of a bond issued under this subchapter that is mutilated, lost, or destroyed. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd...
- Texas Section 56.134 - Proceeds
(a) The board shall deposit the proceeds from the sale of the bonds issued under this subchapter in the fund. (b) The board may use...
SUBCHAPTER I TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONDITIONAL GRANT PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.135 - Limitation Of Authority
The board may not further issue bonds under this subchapter after the date on which a constitutional amendment relating to the issuance of general obligation...
- Texas Section 56.141 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Department" means the Texas Department of Transportation. (2) "Institution" means an institution of higher education, as defined by Section 61.003 of...
- Texas Section 56.142 - Establishment; Administration
(a) The department shall establish and administer a conditional grant program under this subchapter to provide financial assistance to eligible students who agree to work...
- Texas Section 56.143 - Eligible Student
(a) To be eligible for a conditional grant under this subchapter, a student must: (1) complete and file with the department, on forms prescribed by...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 56.145 - Repayment Of Conditional Grant
(a) The department by rule may establish conditions under which a student who has received a conditional grant may be required to repay all or...
SUBCHAPTER J MINORITY DOCTORAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.147 - Funding
(a) The department may accept gifts and grants from any public or private source for the conditional grant program under this subchapter and may also...
- Texas Section 56.161 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Academic administrator" means a person employed by an institution as a supervisor in an educational department of the institution in a...
- Texas Section 56.162 - Establishment; Administration
(a) The board shall establish and administer the minority doctoral incentive program to: (1) provide loans to minority students who pursue doctorates or pursue master's...
- Texas Section 56.163 - Eligibility
(a) To be eligible for a loan under this subchapter, a person must: (1) be accepted for admission to an institution as a full-time graduate...
- Texas Section 56.164 - Tuition Charged Certain Nonresident Loan Recipients
If a loan recipient is a resident of another state that has a program that is similar to the program under this subchapter and the...
- Texas Section 56.165 - Loan Disbursement
(a) If an eligible student applies for a loan from a lending institution, the board shall provide the institution a conditional guaranty of the loan,...
- Texas Section 56.166 - Terms Of Loan
(a) A loan must be evidenced by a promissory note that provides for the repayment of the loan with interest and for the charging of...
- Texas Section 56.167 - Mentors
The institution at which a student who receives a loan is enrolled shall provide the student with a mentor who is a faculty member at...
- Texas Section 56.168 - Postdoctoral Fellowship
(a) A loan recipient is eligible for suspension of the recipient's loan if the recipient enters a postdoctoral fellowship not later than the first day...
- Texas Section 56.169 - Loan Suspension And Forgiveness
(a) A loan recipient is eligible for suspension and forgiveness of the recipient's loan if, after the recipient obtains a doctorate, the recipient is employed...
- Texas Section 56.170 - Conditional Guaranty
A conditional guaranty of a loan under Section 56.165(a) of this code must provide that the board shall repay the lending institution to which the...
SUBCHAPTER K EARLY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.171 - Funding
(a) The board may accept gifts and grants from a public or private source for the program. (b) Gifts, grants, and other funds appropriated by...
- Texas Section 56.201 - Program Name
The student financial assistance program authorized by this subchapter is known as the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 56.2011 - Definition
In this subchapter, "coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1181 (S.B. 1227), Sec. 20, eff....
- Texas Section 56.202 - Purpose
(a) The Early High School Graduation Scholarship program is created to increase efficiency in the Foundation School Program and to provide assistance for tuition or...
- Texas Section 56.203 - Eligible Person
(a) To be eligible for an award through the Early High School Graduation Scholarship program, a person must: (1) have graduated from a public high...
- Texas Section 56.204 - Entitlement
(a) In a total amount not to exceed the amount of funds appropriated for the current state fiscal year to pay for a state credit...
- Texas Section 56.205 - Issuance Of Certificate
As soon as practicable after the coordinating board confirms with the high school from which a person graduated that the person is eligible for an...
- Texas Section 56.206 - Use Of State Credit
(a) On enrollment of an eligible person in an eligible institution of higher education, the institution shall apply to the person's charges for tuition or...
- Texas Section 56.207 - Payment Of State Credit
(a) At least once each year the coordinating board shall submit a report to the commissioner of education that includes: (1) the name of each...
- Texas Section 56.2075 - Payment Of School District Credit
(a) A school district is entitled to a one-time credit of: (1) $1,000 for each eligible person graduating from high school in the district who...
- Texas Section 56.209 - Adoption And Distribution Of Rules
(a) The coordinating board shall adopt rules to administer this subchapter. (b) The coordinating board shall distribute copies of all rules adopted under this subchapter...
SUBCHAPTER L STUDENT ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.210 - Notification By High Schools Regarding Program Requirements
(a) When the student initially enrolls in the school, each public high school in this state shall provide information regarding the requirements of the Early...
- Texas Section 56.241 - Definition
In this subchapter, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1473, Sec. 1, eff....
- Texas Section 56.242 - Student Endowment Scholarship And Internship Program
The Student Endowment Scholarship and Internship Program is an optional state grant program for all general academic teaching institutions. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,...
- Texas Section 56.243 - Election To Participate
A general academic teaching institution may elect to participate in the Student Endowment Scholarship and Internship Program. For the institution to make the election, the...
- Texas Section 56.244 - Types Of Scholarships; Internship
A general academic teaching institution shall provide financial assistance under this subchapter through scholarships based on leadership, financial need, and academic achievement and through an...
- Texas Section 56.245 - Eligibility
(a) With the assistance of an advisory committee established by the governing board, the governing board of the general academic teaching institution shall: (1) determine...
- Texas Section 56.246 - Amount Of Scholarship Or Internship Funding
(a) The amount of a student endowment scholarship may not exceed the amount of tuition and required fees that a student would be charged by...
SUBCHAPTER M TOWARD EXCELLENCE, ACCESS, & SUCCESS (TEXAS) GRANT PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.247 - Student Endowment Fund
(a) Each institution shall establish a student endowment fund consisting of the revenue from the additional student fee and the interest and other income from...
- Texas Section 56.301 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Eligible institution" means a general academic teaching institution or a medical...
- Texas Section 56.302 - Program Name; Purpose
(a) Except as provided under Section 56.310(c), the student financial assistance program authorized by this subchapter is known as the Toward EXcellence, Access, & Success...
- Texas Section 56.303 - Administration Of Program
(a) The coordinating board shall administer the TEXAS grant program and shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the TEXAS grant program or this subchapter....
- Texas Section 56.304 - Initial Eligibility For Grant
(a) To be eligible initially for a TEXAS grant, a person who graduated from high school before May 1, 2013, must: (1) be a resident...
- Texas Section 56.3041 - Initial Eligibility Of Person Graduating From High School On Or After May 1, 2013
(a) To be eligible initially for a TEXAS grant, a person graduating from high school on or after May 1, 2013, and enrolling in an...
- Texas Section 56.3042 - Initial Qualification Of Person On Track To Meet Eligibility Requirements
(a) If at the time an eligible institution awards TEXAS grants to initial recipients for an academic year an applicant has not completed high school...
- Texas Section 56.3045 - Tolling Of Eligibility For Initial Award
(a) This section applies only to a person who: (1) was eligible to receive an initial TEXAS grant in an academic year for which sufficient...
- Texas Section 56.305 - Continuing Eligibility And Academic Performance Requirements
(a) After initially qualifying for a TEXAS grant, a person may continue to receive a TEXAS grant during each semester or term in which the...
- Texas Section 56.306 - Grant Use
A person receiving a TEXAS grant may use the money to pay any usual and customary cost of attendance at an eligible institution incurred by...
- Texas Section 56.307 - Grant Amount
(a) The amount of a TEXAS grant for a semester or term for a person enrolled full-time at an eligible institution is an amount determined...
- Texas Section 56.3071 - Effect Of Eligibility For Tuition Equalization Grant
(a) Notwithstanding Section 56.307, the total amount of financial aid that a student enrolled in a private or independent institution of higher education is eligible...
- Texas Section 56.3075 - Health Care Profession Student Grant
(a) If the money available for TEXAS grants in a period for which grants are awarded is sufficient to provide grants to all eligible applicants...
- Texas Section 56.308 - Notification Of Program; Responsibilities Of School Districts
(a) The coordinating board shall distribute to each eligible institution and to each school district a copy of the rules adopted under this subchapter. (b)...
- Texas Section 56.310 - Funding
(a) The coordinating board may solicit and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any public or private source for the purposes of this subchapter. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER O TEACH FOR TEXAS LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.311 - Legislative Oversight Committee
(a) The Legislative Oversight Committee on the TEXAS grant program and Teach for Texas grant program is composed of six members as follows: (1) three...
- Texas Section 56.351 - Definition
In this subchapter, "coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1261, Sec. 3, eff. June 15,...
- Texas Section 56.352 - Purpose Of Program; Loan Repayment Authorized
(a) The purpose of this subchapter is to attract to the teaching profession persons who have expressed interest in teaching and to support the employment...
- Texas Section 56.353 - Eligibility
(a) Teach for Texas repayment assistance is available only to a person who applies for the assistance and who: (1) is certified in a teaching...
- Texas Section 56.354 - Eligible Loans
(a) A person may receive Teach for Texas loan repayment assistance under this subchapter for the repayment of any student loan for education at any...
- Texas Section 56.355 - Payment Of Assistance
(a) The coordinating board may determine the manner in which Teach for Texas loan repayment assistance is to be paid. The coordinating board may provide...
- Texas Section 56.357 - Teach For Texas Alternative Certification Assistance Program
(a) The coordinating board shall establish a program under which the coordinating board awards grants to assist persons seeking educator certification through alternative educator certification...
- Texas Section 56.3575 - Administration; Rules
(a) The coordinating board shall adopt rules necessary for the administration of this subchapter. (b) The coordinating board shall distribute a copy of the rules...
- Texas Section 56.358 - Funding; Allocation Of Funding
(a) The coordinating board may solicit and accept gifts and grants from any public or private source for the purposes of this subchapter. (b) The...
SUBCHAPTER P TEXAS EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY GRANT PROGRAM
- Texas Section 56.359 - Grants And Service Agreements Entered Into Under Former Law; Saving Provision
(a) This section applies only to a person who was awarded a Teach for Texas grant and entered into a written agreement to perform service...
- Texas Section 56.401 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Eligible institution" means: (A) a public junior college; (B) a public...
- Texas Section 56.402 - Program Name; Purpose
(a) The student financial assistance program authorized by this subchapter is known as the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program. (b) The purpose of this subchapter...
- Texas Section 56.403 - Administration Of Program
(a) The coordinating board shall administer the grant program and shall adopt any rules necessary to implement the grant program or this subchapter. The coordinating...
- Texas Section 56.404 - Initial Eligibility For Grant
(a) To be eligible initially for a grant under the grant program, a person must: (1) be a resident of this state as determined by...
- Texas Section 56.405 - Continuing Eligibility And Academic Performance Requirements
(a) After initially qualifying for a grant under this subchapter, a person may continue to receive a grant under this subchapter during each semester or...
- Texas Section 56.406 - Grant Use
A person receiving a grant under this subchapter may use the money to pay any usual and customary cost of attendance at an eligible institution...
- Texas Section 56.407 - Grant Amount
(a) The amount of a grant under this subchapter for a student enrolled full-time at an eligible institution is the amount determined by the coordinating...
SUBCHAPTER R SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING
- Texas Section 56.4075 - Health Care Profession Student Grant
(a) The coordinating board may award a grant in an amount not more than three times the amount that may be awarded under Section 56.407...
- Texas Section 56.481 - Purpose
The purpose of this program is to encourage attendance at public institutions of higher education in this state by outstanding high school students in the...
- Texas Section 56.482 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003....
- Texas Section 56.483 - Award Of Scholarship
(a) The coordinating board shall award scholarships to eligible students under this subchapter. (b) An institution of higher education shall provide to a student who...
- Texas Section 56.484 - Initial Eligibility For Scholarship
To be eligible for a scholarship under this subchapter, a student must: (1) have graduated from a public or accredited private high school in this...
- Texas Section 56.485 - Ineligibility For Scholarship
Notwithstanding Section 56.484, a student is not eligible for an initial or subsequent scholarship under this subchapter if the student was offered admission as a...
- Texas Section 56.486 - Amount Of Scholarship
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the amount of a scholarship for each semester or other academic term in which an eligible student is...
- Texas Section 56.487 - Application Procedure
(a) The coordinating board shall establish application procedures for the program. The procedures may require an officer of the applicable high school or school district...
- Texas Section 56.488 - Continuing Eligibility For Scholarship
(a) After establishing eligibility to receive an initial scholarship under the program, a student may continue to receive additional scholarships during each subsequent semester or...
- Texas Section 56.489 - Satisfactory Academic Progress
For each academic year in which a student receives one or more scholarships under the program, the student must: (1) complete for that year: (A)...
- Texas Section 56.490 - Exception For Hardship Or Other Good Cause
(a) Each institution of higher education shall adopt a policy to allow a student who fails to make satisfactory academic progress as required by Section...
- Texas Section 56.491 - Publication Of Program Information
(a) The coordinating board shall publish and disseminate general information and rules for the program as provided by Subsection (b) and as otherwise considered appropriate...
- Texas Section 56.492 - Reimbursement
(a) Each institution of higher education that provides scholarships under the program to eligible students enrolled at the institution is entitled to reimbursement by the...
- Texas Section 56.493 - Rules
The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary to administer the program under this subchapter. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B....