Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 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 investment of the fund. The fund shall be invested by the governing board in accorda…

Sec. 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 and dental unit that offers one or more undergraduate degree or certif…

Sec. 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) grant program, and an individual grant awarded under this subcha…

Sec. 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. The coordinating board shall consult with the student financial aid officers of…

Sec. 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 of this state as determined by coordinating board rules; (2) meet either of the following academic requi…

Sec. 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 eligible institution must: (1) be a resident of this …

Sec. 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 or the applicant's final high school trans…

Sec. 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 money was not available through legislative appropriations to allow the coordinating …

Sec. 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 person is enrolled at an eligible institution only if the person: …

Sec. 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 the student. The institution may disburse all or part of the proceeds of a TEXAS grant directly to an eligible perso…

Sec. 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 by the coordinating board as the average statewide amount of tuition and required fees that a resident student enro…

Sec. 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 to receive in a state fiscal year from TEXAS g…

Sec. 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 in amounts specified by Section 56.307, the coordinating board may use any excess mo…

Sec. 56.308. NOTIFICATION OF PROGRAM; RESPONSIBILITIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) The coordinating board shall post on the coordinating board's Internet website and distribute to each eligible institution and to each school district a copy of the rules adopted under this subchapter…

Sec. 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) The legislature may appropriate money for the purposes of this subchapter. (c) In performing its duties …

Sec. 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 members of the senate appointed by the lieutenant governor; and (2) three members of…

Sec. 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, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 820, Sec. 49, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Sec. 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 of those persons as classroom teachers by providing student loan r…

Sec. 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 field identified by the commissioner of education as experiencing a critical shortage of teachers in this state …

Sec. 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 public or private institution of higher education through any lender. If the loan is not a state or fed…

Sec. 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 for the payment of a portion of the repayment assistance in one or more installments before…

Sec. 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 programs as…

Sec. 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 adopted under this section and pertinent information relating to this subchapter …

Sec. 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 legislature may appropriate money for the purposes of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2001…

Sec. 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 as a public school teacher in this state in order …

Sec. 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 technical institute; (C) a public state college; or (D) the Polytechnic College …

Sec. 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 is to provide a grant of money to enable eligible students to attend two-…

Sec. 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 board shall consult with the student financial aid officers of eligible in…

Sec. 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 coordinating board rules; (2) meet financial need requirements as defined by the coordinating board; (3) b…

Sec. 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 term in which the person is enrolled at an eligible …

Sec. 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 incurred by the student. The institution may disburse all or part of the proceeds of a grant under this subchapt…

Sec. 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 board as the average statewide amount of tuition and required fees that a resident student enrolled …

Sec. 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 to a student who: (1) is enrolled in a program that fulfills the educational requirements fo…

Sec. 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 top 10 percent of their graduating class. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B. 175), Sec…

Sec. 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. (3) "Program" means the scholarship program authorized by this subchapter.…

Sec. 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 receives a scholarship under the program for a semester or other academic term:…

Sec. 56.484. INITIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR SCHOLARSHIP. (a) To be eligible for a scholarship under this subchapter, a student must: (1) have graduated from a public or accredited private high school, or be a graduate who presents evidence of successful completion of a nontraditional se…

Sec. 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 first-time freshman student to any institution of higher education for an…

Sec. 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 enrolled at an institution of higher education is an amount sufficient to cover, but not exceed, the …

Sec. 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 to verify the eligibility of a student to receive a scholarship under the …

Sec. 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 other academic term in which the student is en…

Sec. 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) at least 75 percent of all credit hours attempted, as determined by the institution of hig…

Sec. 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 56.489 to receive a scholarship in a subsequent semester or other acad…

Sec. 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 by the board. (b) The coordinating board shall provide app…

Sec. 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 coordinating board of the amounts provided. The institution must request reimburs…

Sec. 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. 175), Sec. 5, eff. June 19, 2009. SUBCHAPTER S. FUTURE TEXAS TEACHERS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM