Texas Education Code

§ 54.016 — FIXED TUITION RATE PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN TRANSFER STUDENTS AT GENERAL ACADEMIC TEACHING INSTITUTIONS

ED § 54.016Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 54. TUITION AND FEES · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)In this section:

(1)"Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

(2)"General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.

(3)"Lower-division institution of higher education" means a public junior college, public state college, or public technical institute.

(b)A general academic teaching institution may develop a fixed tuition rate program for qualified students who agree to transfer to the institution within 12 months after successfully earning an associate degree at a lower-division institution of higher education. Under a program developed under this section, a general academic teaching institution must:

(1)guarantee to a participating student enrolled in an associate degree program at a lower-division institution of higher education, on successful completion of the associate degree program, transfer admission to the general academic teaching institution within the period prescribed above; and

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1036 (H.B. 2999), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.