Texas Administrative Code › Title 19 - EDUCATION › Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD › Chapter 21 - STUDENT SERVICES › Subchapter I - EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING PROGRAM FACULTY AND STAFF › Section 21.216 - Eligible Students

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) To receive an
				  award through the Exemption Program for Children of Professional Nursing
				  Faculty and Staff, a student shall:
(1) be a
				  resident of Texas,
(2) not have
				  been granted a baccalaureate degree,
(3) be enrolled at an institution that offers
				  an undergraduate or graduate program of professional nursing,
(4) be the child of an individual who:
(A) at the beginning of the semester or other
				  academic term for which an exemption is sought:
(i) holds a master's or doctoral degree in
				  nursing, and is employed full-time by a undergraduate or graduate professional
				  nursing program offered by the institution that the child is attending and is
				  employed as a member of the faculty or staff with duties that include teaching,
				  performing research, serving as an administrator, or performing other
				  professional services other than serving as a teaching assistant, or
(ii) holds a baccalaureate degree in nursing
				  and is employed by a professional nursing program offered by the institution as
				  a full-time teaching assistant, or
(B) during all or part of the semester or
				  other academic term for which an exemption is sought:
(i) holds a master's or doctoral degree in
				  nursing, and has contracted with an undergraduate or graduate professional
				  nursing program in this state to serve as a full-time member of its faculty or
				  staff with duties that include teaching, performing research, serving as an
				  administrator, or performing other professional services other than serving as
				  a teaching assistant, or
(ii) holds
				  a baccalaureate degree in nursing and has contracted with a professional
				  nursing program offered by the institution to serve as a full-time teaching
				  assistant.
(5) be enrolled at the same institution of
				  higher education at which the student's parent is currently employed or with
				  which the parent has contracted, either as a professional nursing faculty or
				  staff member; and
(6) have a
				  statement on file with the institution of higher education indicating the
				  student is registered with the Selective Service System as required by federal
				  law or is exempt from Selective Service registration under federal
				  law.
(7) If receiving a
				  continuation award in fall 2014 or later, the student shall also:
(A) be meeting the institution's grade point
				  average requirement for making satisfactory academic progress towards a degree
				  or certificate in accordance with the institution's policy regarding
				  eligibility for financial aid, unless granted a hardship waiver by the
				  institution in keeping with §
												21.219 of
				  this title (relating to Hardship Provisions); and
(B) if classified as an undergraduate
				  student, have not completed a number of semester credit hours that is
				  considered to be excessive under Texas Education Code, §
												54.014,
				  unless granted a hardship waiver by the institution on a showing of good cause
				  in keeping with §
												21.219 of
				  this title. In determining the number of hours an undergraduate has completed,
				  semester credit hours completed include transfer credit hours that count
				  towards the person's undergraduate degree or certificate requirements, but
				  exclude:
(i) hours earned exclusively by
				  examination;
(ii) hours earned for
				  a course for which the person received credit toward the person's high school
				  academic requirements; and
(iii)
				  hours earned for developmental courses that the institution required the person
				  to take under Texas Education Code, §
													51.3062 or under the
				  former provisions of Texas Education Code, § 51.306.