Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 22 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS › Subchapter L - TOWARD EXCELLENCE, ACCESS, AND SUCCESS (TEXAS) GRANT PROGRAM › Section 22.226 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
In addition to the words and terms defined in §22.1 of
					 this chapter (relating to Definitions), the following words and terms, when
					 used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context
					 clearly indicates otherwise:
(1)
				  Continuation grant--A TEXAS Grant offered to a person who has previously
				  received an initial year grant.
(2)
				  Degree program of four years or less--A baccalaureate degree program, other
				  than a program determined by the Board to require more than four years to
				  complete.
(3) Degree program of
				  more than four years--A baccalaureate degree program determined by the Board to
				  require more than four years to complete.
(4) Encumbered Funds--Funds ready for
				  disbursal to the institution, based on the institution having submitted to the
				  Board the required documentation to request funds.
(5) Entering undergraduate--A student
				  enrolled in the first 30 semester credit hours or their equivalent, excluding
				  hours taken during dual enrollment in high school and courses for which the
				  student received credit through examination.
(6) General Academic Teaching Institution--As
				  the term is defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(3).
(7) Initial year grant--The TEXAS Grant
				  offered in the student's first year in the TEXAS Grant Program, typically made
				  up of a fall and spring disbursement.
(8) Medical or dental unit--As the term is
				  defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(5).
(9) Public Institution--As the term,
				  institution of higher education, is defined in Texas Education Code,
				  §61.003(8).
(10) Prior-prior
				  year--For allocation purposes, the state fiscal year that began two years
				  earlier than the fiscal year for which the allocation is being
				  calculated.
(11) Private
				  Institution--As the term, private or independent institution of higher
				  education, is defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(15).
(12) Program--The Toward EXcellence, Access
				  and Success (TEXAS) Grant program.
(13) Public state college--As the term is
				  defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(16).
(14) Required fees--A mandatory fee (required
				  by statute) or discretionary fee (authorized by statute, imposed by the
				  governing board of a public institution) and that a public institution charges
				  to a student as a condition of enrollment at the public institution or in a
				  specific course.
(15) Target grant
				  amount--An amount set by the Coordinating Board, in consultation with public
				  institutions participating in the TEXAS Grant Program, and used as the
				  recommended average grant amount for the TEXAS Grant Program for a biennium and
				  in establishing renewal year allocations to participating public institutions
				  as described in §22.236(a)(1) of this title (relating to Allocation and
				  Reallocation of Funds).
(16)
				  Tuition--Statutory tuition, designated and/or Board-authorized
				  tuition.