Title ED, Education Code

Sec. 56.078. FUNDING. Funding to cover the state's contribution toward the funding of the work-study program under this subchapter and the Texas WORKS internship program under Subchapter E-1 is payable from funds appropriated for that purpose. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1…

Sec. 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 (B) a private or independent institution of higher e…

Sec. 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 on the institution's campus; a…

Sec. 56.082. ANNUAL REPORT. Not later than January 1 of each year, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the standing legislative committees with primary jurisdiction o…

Sec. 56.0851. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "Eligible wages" means gross wages paid to an individual student in the student's program employment. (3) "Program" or "Texas WORKS internship program"…

Sec. 56.0852. PROGRAM NAME. The student financial assistance program authorized by this subchapter is the Texas Working Off-Campus: Reinforcing Knowledge and Skills (WORKS) Internship Program. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1305 (H.B. 3808), Sec. 7, eff. June 14, 2019.

Sec. 56.0853. PURPOSE. The purpose of the program is to provide jobs funded in part by the State of Texas to enable students employed through the program to attend public or private institutions of higher education in Texas while exploring career options and strengthening marketa…

Sec. 56.0854. ADMINISTRATION. (a) The coordinating board shall administer the program and collaborate with eligible employers to provide students employed through the program with employment funded in part by the state. (b) The coordinating board shall establish criteria to ensur…

Sec. 56.0855. ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER. (a) The coordinating board may enter into agreements with employers that participate in the program. (b) To be eligible to enter into an agreement with the coordinating board to participate in the program, an employer must: (1) except as provided …

Sec. 56.0856. ADOPTION OF RULES. (a) The coordinating board shall adopt reasonable rules, consistent with the purpose of the program, to enforce the requirements, conditions, and limitations provided by this subchapter. (b) The coordinating board shall adopt rules necessary to en…

Sec. 56.0857. ONLINE LIST OF TEXAS WORKS EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. The coordinating board shall: (1) establish and maintain an online listing of Texas WORKS internship program employment opportunities available to students, sortable by employer, and include other relevant feature…

Sec. 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 rules as necessary to administer the program. (b) The purpose …

Sec. 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 administration member in a public or independent institution of higher education in this state…

Sec. 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 individual through any lender. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 820, Sec. 47,…

Sec. 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 the coordinating board considers appropriate to further the purposes of the doctoral incenti…

Sec. 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 paid under the program may not exceed the amount of money available for the prog…

Sec. 56.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "Account" means the rural veterinarian incentive program account. (2) "College" means a college of veterinary medicine located in this state and accredited by the American Veterinary Medical Association Council on Education. (3) "…

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 …