Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 56.102. ADMINISTRATION OF PROGRAM. The Texas Animal Health Commission shall administer the program in accordance with the rules adopted by the committee. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 435, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999. Transferred, redesignated and amended from Education …

Sec. 56.103. RURAL VETERINARIAN INCENTIVE PROGRAM COMMITTEE; RULES. (a) The rural veterinarian incentive program committee consists of: (1) the executive director of the Texas Animal Health Commission, or the executive director's designee; (2) the executive director of the State …

Sec. 56.104. ELIGIBLE VETERINARY STUDENT OR GRADUATE. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person is eligible to participate in the program only if the person: (1) is enrolled as a student of the college or applies to participate in the program on or before the fourth anni…

Sec. 56.105. RURAL SPONSORS; AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL SUPPORT. (a) A community or political subdivision located in a rural county that qualifies under the rules of the committee may become a sponsor of an eligible participant and may provide financial support to the eligibl…

Sec. 56.106. FINANCIAL SUPPORT; COMMITMENT TO PRACTICE IN RURAL COUNTY. (a) To participate in the program, an eligible participant must enter into an agreement with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board that: (1) requires the participant to practice veterinary medicine in…

Sec. 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 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991.

Sec. 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, 72nd Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991.

Sec. 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 proceeds from the sale of revenue bonds and gifts or grants made to the board for purposes of the fund. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd …

Sec. 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. (c) The board may accept a gift or grant from a public or private source for the purp…

Sec. 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 code. (b) Loans from the fund are governed by Subchapter C, Chapter 52, of this code as if made under that subchapter, except …

Sec. 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. The board may issue the bonds in the form, with the characteristics, and bearing the designations provid…

Sec. 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 by law. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991.

Sec. 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 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991.

Sec. 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 Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.222…

Sec. 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 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991.

Sec. 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. 330, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991.

Sec. 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 that the bonds have been issued in accordance with law, the attorney gener…

Sec. 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 Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. June 5, 1991.

Sec. 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 the proceeds from the sale of the bonds to pay the costs of issuing, marketing, or distributing the bonds. Added by Acts 1991…

Sec. 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 bonds by the board for the purposes of student loans is approved by the voters. Adde…

Sec. 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 this code, but does not include a medical or dental unit or other agency of hig…

Sec. 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 for the department in an eligible profession for the two academic…

Sec. 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 the department, a conditional grant application and a declaration of intent to become a member of an …

Sec. 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 semeste…

Sec. 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 part of the grant because the student has withdrawn from or dropped out of the student's ins…

Sec. 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 use for that purpose available money credited to the state highway fund. (b) The department shall issue not …

Sec. 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 position that is not classified under the state position classification plan. (2) "Board" mean…

Sec. 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 degrees and commit to pursue a doctorate; and (2) increase minority…

Sec. 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 student in a doctoral program approved by the board or be accepted for admission to an institution as a full-time …

Sec. 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 loan recipient enrolls at an institution of higher education, as defined by Section…

Sec. 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, in accordance with Section 56.170 of this code, on the board's receipt of: (1) the student's appli…

Sec. 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 necessary collection costs. (b) Except as provided by Sections 56.168 and 56.169 of this code, a loan must be repayable,…

Sec. 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 the institution to assist the student in pursuing a master's or doctoral degree. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 75, Sec.…

Sec. 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 of the seventh month after the date on which the recipient ceases to be enrolled in a docto…

Sec. 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 as a full-time faculty member or academic administrator at an institution. …

Sec. 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 guaranty is executed the amount of the loan that the board would be required to forgive under Sect…

Sec. 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 the legislature may be used for the program. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 75, Sec. 1, eff. May 4, 1993. SUBCHA…

Sec. 56.221. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Eligible institution" means an institution of higher education, as that term is defined by Section 61.003. (3) "Program" means the Texas First Scholars…

Sec. 56.222. PURPOSE. The purpose of the program, in conjunction with the Texas Early High School Completion Program established under Section 28.0253, is to promote efficiency in the state public education system and incentivize the enrollment of high performing students at elig…

Sec. 56.223. ELIGIBILITY. To be eligible for an award under the program, a student must: (1) be a resident of this state as determined by coordinating board rules; (2) have graduated early from high school under the Texas First Early High School Completion Program established und…

Sec. 56.224. ENTITLEMENT; CALCULATION OF AID; EXPIRATION. (a) The coordinating board shall award to each eligible student state credit in an amount equal to: (1) for a student who graduated from high school two or more semesters or the equivalent earlier than the student's high s…

Sec. 56.225. APPLICATION OF SCHOLARSHIP. On enrollment of an eligible student at an eligible institution, the institution shall apply to the student's charges for tuition, mandatory fees, and other costs of attendance for the enrollment period an amount equal to the lesser of: (1…

Sec. 56.226. PAYMENT OF STATE CREDIT. (a) At least once each year, the coordinating board shall submit to the commissioner of education a report on state credit awarded under the program during the preceding academic year. The report must include: (1) the name of each student who…

Sec. 56.227. RULES. The coordinating board may adopt rules necessary to implement this subchapter. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 962 (S.B. 1888), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2021. SUBCHAPTER L. STUDENT ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM

Sec. 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. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 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., ch. 1473, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.