Texas Education Code
§ 61.655 — PURPOSE; ELIGIBILITY
ED § 61.655Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION · Ch. 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD · Art. L. FINANCIAL AID FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING STUDENTS AND VOCATIONAL NURSING STUDENTS AND LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM FOR CERTAIN NURSES
Statute text
View on source(a)A scholarship program or loan repayment program established under this subchapter shall be established and administered in a manner that the board determines best promotes the health care and educational needs of this state.
(b)The board may establish multiple categories of persons to receive scholarships and loan repayments. The board may include faculty from professional nursing programs with master's degrees or doctorates among the categories of persons authorized to receive loan repayments.
(c)Each year funds are available, the board shall establish the categories of persons eligible to receive scholarships and loan repayments and the criteria for selecting persons to be assisted under each category. The criteria:
(1)must include that the person be enrolled in, or have outstanding student loans for education received at, as applicable to the program:
(A)an institution of higher education;
(B)a private or independent institution of higher education; or
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1034 (S.B. 25), Sec. 2, eff. June 18, 2023.