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 22.233 - Priority in Grants to Students

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) If
				  appropriations for the program are insufficient to allow grants to all eligible
				  students, priority shall be given to those students demonstrating continuing
				  TEXAS Grant eligibility pursuant to §
										22.228(b)
				  of this subchapter (relating to Eligible Students).
(b) In determining student eligibility for a
				  TEXAS Grant pursuant to §
										22.228(a)
				  of this subchapter, priority shall be given to those students who demonstrate
				  the greatest financial need at the time the offer is made.
(c) In determining student eligibility for a
				  TEXAS Grant pursuant to §
										22.228(a)
				  of this subchapter, priority shall be given to those students who have an
				  expected family contribution that does not exceed 60 percent of the average
				  statewide amount of tuition and required fees for general academic teaching
				  institutions for the relevant academic year.
(d) In determining initial student
				  eligibility for a TEXAS Grant pursuant to §
										22.228(a)
				  of this subchapter, priority shall be given to those students who graduate or
				  are on track to graduate from a public or accredited private high school in
				  Texas on or after May 1, 2013, and complete or are on track to complete the
				  Foundation High School program, or its equivalent as amended in keeping with
				  Texas Education Code, §
										56.009. The person
				  must also be on track to have accomplished any two or more of the following at
				  the time a TEXAS Grant was offered:
(1)
				  successful completion of the course requirements of the international
				  baccalaureate diploma program, or earning of the equivalent of at least 12
				  semester credit hours of college credit in high school through courses
				  described in Texas Education Code, §
											28.009(a)(1),
				  (2), and (3), or if graduating prior to
				  September 1, 2020, graduate under the Recommended or Advanced high school
				  curriculum specified in the Texas Education Code, §
											28.025 as it existed
				  as of January 1, 2013, and the rules promulgated thereunder by the State Board
				  of Education;
(2) satisfaction of
				  the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks prescribed by
				  the Board under Texas Education Code, §
											51.3062(f)
				  on any assessment instrument designated by the Board under Texas Education
				  Code, §
											51.3062(c)
				  or qualification for an exemption as described by Texas Education Code, §
											51.3062(p),
				  (q), or (q-1);
(3) graduation in the top one-third of the
				  person's high school graduating class or graduation from high school with a
				  grade point average of at least 3.0 on a four-point scale or the equivalent; or
(4) completion for high school
				  credit of at least one advanced mathematics course following the successful
				  completion of an Algebra II course, or at least one advanced career and
				  technical or technical applications course;