Texas Education Code
§ 61.0595 — FUNDING FOR CERTAIN EXCESS UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT HOURS
ED § 61.0595Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION · Ch. 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD · Art. C. POWERS AND DUTIES OF BOARD
Statute text
View on source(a)In the formulas established under Section 61.059 or Chapter 130A, the board may not include funding for semester credit hours earned by a resident undergraduate student who before the semester or other academic session begins has previously attempted a number of semester credit hours for courses taken at any institution of higher education while classified as a resident student for tuition purposes that exceeds the number of semester credit hours required for completion of the degree program or programs in which the student is enrolled, including minors and double majors, and for completion of any certificate or other special program in which the student is also enrolled, including a program with a study-abroad component, by at least:
(1)for an associate degree program, 15 hours; or
(2)for a baccalaureate degree program, 30 hours.
(b)For purposes of Subsection (a), an undergraduate student who is not enrolled in a degree program is considered to be enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program.
(c)For a student enrolled in a baccalaureate program under Section 51.931, semester credit hours that were earned by the student before the date the student began the new degree program under Section 51.931 and that were disregarded under institution policy as described by that section are not counted for purposes of determining whether the student has previously earned the number of semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a).
(d)The following are not counted for purposes of determining whether the student has previously earned the number of semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a):
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1230 (H.B. 1172), Sec. 13, eff. June 18, 2005. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 290 (H.B. 101), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 941 (S.B. 1782), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2017. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 615 (S.B. 1531), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 378 (H.B. 8), Sec. 23, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 754 (H.B. 4005), Sec. 4, eff. June 12, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 365), Sec. 2, eff. May 6, 2025.