Texas Education Code
§ 56.307 — GRANT AMOUNT
ED § 56.307Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 56. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE · Art. M. TOWARD EXCELLENCE, ACCESS, & SUCCESS (TEXAS) GRANT PROGRAM
Statute text
View on source(a)The amount of a TEXAS grant for a semester or term for a person enrolled full-time at an eligible institution is an amount determined by the coordinating board as the average statewide amount of tuition and required fees that a resident student enrolled full-time in a baccalaureate degree program would be charged for that semester or term at general academic teaching institutions.
(b)Repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1181, Sec. 55, eff. September 1, 2005.
(c)Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155, Sec. 62(5), eff. September 1, 2013.
(d)Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155, Sec. 62(5), eff. September 1, 2013. (d-1) The coordinating board shall determine the average statewide tuition and fee amounts for a semester or term of the next academic year for purposes of this section by using the amounts of tuition and required fees that will be charged by the eligible institutions for that semester or term in that academic year. The board may estimate the amount of the charges for a semester or term in the next academic year by an institution if the relevant information is not yet available to the board.
(e)The coordinating board may adopt rules that allow the coordinating board to increase or decrease, in proportion to the number of semester credit hours in which a student is enrolled, the amount of a TEXAS grant award under this section to a student who is enrolled in a number of semester credit hours in excess of or below the number of semester credit hours described in Section 56.304(a)(5) or 56.305(a)(3).
(f)The amount of a TEXAS grant may not be reduced by any gift aid for which the person receiving the grant is eligible, unless the total amount of a person's grant plus any gift aid received exceeds the student's financial need.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1181 (S.B. 1227), Sec. 35, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1181 (S.B. 1227), Sec. 55, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1230 (H.B. 1172), Sec. 17, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (S.B. 215), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1155 (S.B. 215), Sec. 62(5), eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1243 (H.B. 700), Sec. 8(2), eff. September 1, 2015.