Texas Education Code
§ 54.355 — CHILDREN OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING PROGRAM FACULTY
ED § 54.355Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 54. TUITION AND FEES · Art. D. WAIVERS, EXEMPTIONS, AND OTHER TUITION AND FEE BENEFITS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Child" means a child 25 years of age or younger and includes an adopted child.
(2)"Graduate professional nursing program" means an educational program of a public or private institution of higher education that prepares students for a master's or doctoral degree in nursing.
(3)"Undergraduate professional nursing program" means a public or private educational program for preparing students for initial licensure as registered nurses.
(b)The governing board of an institution of higher education shall exempt from the payment of tuition a resident of this state enrolled as an undergraduate student at the institution who is a child of a person who, at the beginning of the semester or other academic term for which an exemption is sought, holds a master's or doctoral degree in nursing, if not employed or under contract as a teaching assistant under Subdivision (1) or (2), or a baccalaureate degree in nursing, if employed or under contract as a teaching assistant under Subdivision (1) or (2), and:
(1)is employed by an undergraduate or graduate professional nursing program in this state as a full-time member of its faculty or staff with duties that include teaching, serving as a teaching assistant, performing research, serving as an administrator, or performing other professional services; or
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 674 (S.B. 132), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005. Redesignated from Education Code, Section 54.221 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 32), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2012.