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TX Educ Code § 56.0065 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 56.0065. Student Financial Assistance Programs for Veterans and Families; Equal Protection

Sec. 56.0065.  STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR VETERANS AND FAMILIES; EQUAL PROTECTION.  (a)  In this section, "private or independent institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.(b)  An institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education may not impose additional fees, obligations, or burdens concerning payment or registration on a student eligible for state or federal military related student financial assistance programs for military veterans or their family members that are not otherwise required by those programs to be imposed for the purpose of receiving that assistance.(c)  An institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education must provide for a student described by Subsection (b) to defer payment of tuition and fees if the receipt of military related financial assistance awarded to the student is delayed by less than 60 days.  The Texas Veterans Commission, in cooperation with institutions of higher education and private or independent institutions of higher education, shall prescribe a standard deferment request form for the purposes of this subsection.(d)  This section does not prohibit an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education from requiring a student described by Subsection (b) to submit a free application for federal student aid (FAFSA).|Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (H.B. 846), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Educ Code § 56.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 56.007. Exclusion of Assets in Prepaid Tuition Programs and Higher Education Savings Plans

Sec. 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 or plan established under Subchapter G, H, or I, Chapter 54, including an interest in a savings trust account, prepaid tuition account, or related matching account, or any school-based account or bond described by Section 28.0024(b)(2), may not be considered an asset of the person, or otherwise included in the person's household income or other financial resources, for purposes of determining the person's eligibility for a TEXAS grant or any other state-funded student financial assistance.(b)  The amount of exclusion under Subsection (a) of assets held in or the right to receive payments or benefits under a school-based account or bond described by Section 28.0024(b)(2), except a fund or plan established under Subchapter G, H, or I, Chapter 54, as a school-based account, is limited to the amount of the cost of undergraduate resident tuition and required fees for one academic year consisting of 30 semester credit hours charged by the general academic teaching institution with the highest such tuition and fee costs for the most recent academic year, as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 54.753.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1186 (H.B. 3708), Sec. 4, eff. June 17, 2011.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1265 (H.B. 3987), Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 56.008 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 56.008. Priority Deadline for Student Financial Assistance

Sec. 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 year.(b)  The priority deadline may not serve as a determination of eligibility for state financial assistance, but otherwise eligible applicants who apply on or before the deadline shall be given priority consideration for available state financial assistance before other applicants.(c)  The coordinating board shall consult with financial aid personnel at institutions of higher education in adopting rules providing for the deadline required under this section.(d)  This section only applies to a general academic teaching institution as defined by Section 61.003.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 415 (S.B. 851), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2013.Redesignated from Education Code, Section 56.007 by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 22.001(11), eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 56.009 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 56.009. Eligibility Based on Graduation Under Certain High School Programs

Sec. 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 person graduating under the recommended or advanced high school program, as those programs existed before the adoption of H.B. No. 5, 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the commissioner of education shall jointly adopt rules to modify, clarify, or otherwise establish for affected programs appropriate eligibility requirements regarding high school curriculum completion.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 211 (H.B. 5), Sec. 67(a), eff. June 10, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 56.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter B. Financial Assistance Funded From Designated Tuition|Section 56.011. Resident Undergraduate Student Assistance

Sec. 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 tuition charged to a resident undergraduate student under Section 54.0513 in excess of $46 per semester credit hour.  The funds set aside under this section by an institution shall be used to provide financial assistance for resident undergraduate students enrolled in the institution.(b)  To be eligible for assistance under this section, a student must establish financial need in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.  Priority shall be given to students who meet the coordinating board definition of financial need and whose cost for tuition and required fees is not met through other non-loan financial assistance programs.(c)  The financial assistance provided under this section may include grants, scholarships, work-study programs, student loans, and student loan repayment assistance.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1321, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1243 (H.B. 700), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Educ Code § 56.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter B. Financial Assistance Funded From Designated Tuition|Section 56.012. Resident Graduate Student Assistance

Sec. 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 tuition charged to a resident student enrolled in a graduate or professional degree program under Section 54.0513 in excess of $46 per semester credit hour.  The funds set aside under this section by an institution shall be used to provide financial assistance for resident students enrolled in graduate and professional degree programs at the institution.(b)  To be eligible for assistance under this section, a student must establish financial need in accordance with rules and procedures established by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.  Priority shall be given to students who meet the coordinating board definition of financial need and whose cost for tuition and required fees is not met through other non-loan financial assistance programs.(c)  The financial assistance provided under this section may include grants, scholarships, work-study programs, student loans, and student loan repayment assistance.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1321, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 56.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter B. Financial Assistance Funded From Designated Tuition|Section 56.013. Information Regarding Financial Assistance Funded From Designated Tuition

Sec. 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 under this subchapter and shall include information designed to educate high school students and the parents of those students on available opportunities and required preparation with respect to institutions of higher education.  The coordinating board shall recommend a method of delivery of the information to parents and students under this section.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1321, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Educ Code § 56.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter B. Financial Assistance Funded From Designated Tuition|Section 56.014. Notice to Students Regarding Tuition Set Aside for Financial Assistance

Sec. 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 assistance for students enrolled in the institution shall provide to each student of the institution who pays tuition from which a portion is required to be set aside for that purpose a notice regarding the specific amount that is required to be set aside by the institution.(b)  The institution shall provide the notice required by Subsection (a) to the student in a prominently printed statement that appears on or is included with:(1)  the student's tuition bill or billing statement, if the institution provides the student with a printed bill or billing statement for the payment of the student's tuition; or(2)  the student's tuition receipt, if the institution provides the student with a printed receipt evidencing the payment of the student's tuition.(c)  If for any semester or other academic term the institution does not provide the student with a printed tuition bill, tuition billing statement, or tuition receipt, the institution shall include the notice required by Subsection (a) for that semester or other term in a statement prominently displayed in an e-mail sent to the student.  The notice may be included in any other e-mail sent to the student in connection with the student's tuition charges for that semester or other term.(d)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule shall prescribe minimum standards for the manner, form, and content of the notice required by this section.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1223 (S.B. 1304), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Educ Code § 56.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter C. Texas Public Educational Grants|Section 56.031. Short Title

Sec. 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 shall be cited as Texas Public Educational Grants.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2323, ch. 720, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.|
TX Educ Code § 56.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter C. Texas Public Educational Grants|Section 56.032. Purpose

Sec. 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 educational costs are not met in whole or in part from other sources and to provide institutions of higher education with funds to supplement and add flexibility to existing financial aid programs.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2323, ch. 720, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.|
TX Educ Code § 56.034 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter C. Texas Public Educational Grants|Section 56.034. Guidelines for Determining Eligibility and Awarding Grants

Sec. 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 of this section.(b)  Financial need shall be the only consideration in establishing guidelines to determine a student's eligibility for a grant except that returning students who are on scholastic probation or all students on disciplinary probation may be deemed ineligible at the governing board's discretion.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2323, ch. 720, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 5), Sec. 9.01(b)(5), eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Educ Code § 56.035 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter C. Texas Public Educational Grants|Section 56.035. Type of Grants to Be Awarded

Sec. 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 by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2323, ch. 720, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.  Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, Sec. 14, eff. Aug. 26, 1986.|
TX Educ Code § 56.036 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter C. Texas Public Educational Grants|Section 56.036. Transfer of Grant Funds for Use as Matching Funds

Sec. 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 the coordinating board to be used for matching federal or other grant funds for awarding to students attending that institution.  Said scholarship fund transferred to the coordinating board and all matching funds may be expended by the coordinating board for awarding scholarships as provided herein and in the general appropriation acts of the legislature.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2323, ch. 720, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.|
TX Educ Code § 56.037 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter C. Texas Public Educational Grants|Section 56.037. Priorities in Awarding Matching Funds

Sec. 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 students showing the highest amount of financial need.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2323, ch. 720, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.|
TX Educ Code § 56.038 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter C. Texas Public Educational Grants|Section 56.038. Restrictions and Return of Transferred Funds

Sec. 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 institution.  Should matching funds be unavailable for an institution, all funds transferred from that institution to the coordinating board shall be returned to that institution.|Added by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 2323, ch. 720, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.|
TX Educ Code § 56.039 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter C. Texas Public Educational Grants|Section 56.039. Full Use of Funds

Sec. 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 of higher education, together with the total amount of unencumbered funds transferred by that institution to the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System, exceeds 150 percent of the amount of funds set aside by that institution in that fiscal year, the institution shall transfer the excess amount to the coordinating board.  The coordinating board shall use funds transferred under this section to award grants under Subchapter M.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, Sec. 13, eff. Aug. 26, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1590, Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 1999.|
TX Educ Code § 56.051 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter D. Emergency Tuition, Fee, and Textbook Loans|Section 56.051. Emergency Loans

Sec. 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 textbooks.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, Sec. 15(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1985.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 805, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1181 (S.B. 1227), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 56.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter D. Emergency Tuition, Fee, and Textbook Loans|Section 56.052. Eligibility

Sec. 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 of the order of receipt of applications, except as provided by Subsection (b).(b)  The governing board may adopt rules that allow the institution to select loan recipients from the eligible applicants according to financial need, regardless of when their applications are received, if money available for the program is insufficient to provide loans to each eligible applicant.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, Sec. 15(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1985.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1181 (S.B. 1227), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Educ Code § 56.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter D. Emergency Tuition, Fee, and Textbook Loans|Section 56.053. Terms

Sec. 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 be repaid over a period not to exceed 90 days for a loan made for a regular semester or long summer session or over a proportionately shorter period for loans made for a six-week summer session;(2)  the loan must be evidenced by a written or electronic agreement providing for one of the following:(A)  interest on the loan at a rate of not more than five percent per year; or(B)  an origination fee of not more than 1.25 percent of the amount of the loan; and(3)  the loan amount per student may not exceed an amount equal to the tuition, mandatory fees, and cost of textbooks for the courses in which the student is actually enrolling.(b)  The loan program must provide for making loans to students whose tuition is paid on a basis other than semester credit hours, and must provide loan terms analogous to the terms for students paying tuition on the basis of semester credit hours.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, Sec. 15(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1985.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 80, Sec. 3, eff. May 14, 2001;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 987 (S.B. 1232), Sec. 2, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 844 (H.B. 3578), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Educ Code § 56.054 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter D. Emergency Tuition, Fee, and Textbook Loans|Section 56.054. Source of Program Funding

Sec. 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., ch. 708, Sec. 15(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1985.|
TX Educ Code § 56.055 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter D. Emergency Tuition, Fee, and Textbook Loans|Section 56.055. Deferred Repayment

Sec. 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 education due to a lack of financial ability.  Accordingly, on a finding that a resident would be deprived of an education due to a lack of financial ability, an institution shall defer repayment of emergency loans under this section.  The deferral provided for by this section is not a property right of the borrower.(b)  The deferred repayment must begin on the earlier of the following dates:(1)  the first day of the ninth month after the last month in which the borrower was enrolled in a public institution of higher education;  or(2)  the fifth anniversary of the date on which the loan was executed.(c)  Under rules adopted by the coordinating board, an institution may extend the time for repayment of undergraduate loans made to students who later enroll in a graduate or professional program at an institution of higher education.  The coordinating board shall adopt guidelines for determinations of extreme financial hardship and other instances in which the public interest is served if a loan is forgiven.  Each institution shall forgive loans in accordance with those guidelines.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, Sec. 15(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1985.|
TX Educ Code § 56.071 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Education Code|Title 3 - Higher Education|Subtitle A - Higher Education in General|Chapter 56 - Student Financial Assistance|Subchapter E. Texas College Work-Study Program|Section 56.071. Program Name

Sec. 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. 1151, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.|