19 Tex. Admin. Code § 22.203 - Eligible Students
(a) To qualify for
a grant through the Program, a student must:
(1) be a resident of Texas, as defined in
§
22.1 of this chapter (relating to
Definitions);
(2) show financial
need, as defined by §
22.1 of this chapter;
(3) have applied for financial aid through
the completion of the Federal Application for Federal Student Aid or, if the
student is not eligible for federal financial aid, the Texas Application for
State Financial Aid;
(4) be
enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at an eligible
institution;
(5) be enrolled
full-time unless granted a hardship waiver of this requirement under §
22.206 of this subchapter
(relating to Hardship Provisions);
(6) make satisfactory academic progress
toward the baccalaureate degree at the eligible institution, as defined in
§
22.204 of this subchapter
(relating to Satisfactory Academic Progress) unless the student is granted a
hardship extension in accordance with §
22.206 of this
subchapter;
(7) have been awarded
an associate degree by a public junior college, public technical institute, or
public state college as the terms are defined in §
22.1 of this chapter, and credit
hours earned toward completion of the associate degree must:
(A) include completion of the core curriculum
or an abbreviated core curriculum related to a specific approved field of study
curriculum transferable to one or more general academic teaching
institutions;
(B) have been
completed with at least a 2.5 grade point average; and
(C) have been completed prior to enrolling in
a baccalaureate degree program at the institution offering a grant through this
Program;
(8) unless
granted a hardship postponement in accordance with §
22.206 of this subchapter, have
enrolled in the baccalaureate degree program at the eligible institution on a
full-time basis not later than the end of the 12th month after the calendar
month in which the student ceased being enrolled in a public junior college,
public technical institute, or public state college as the terms are defined in
§
22.1 of this chapter;
and
(9) meet applicable standards
outlined in §
22.3 of this chapter (relating to
Student Compliance with Selective Service Registration).
(b) If a student's eligibility was based on
the expectation that the student would meet the requirements in subsection
(a)(7) of this section, and the student failed to do so, then the student is no
longer eligible for a grant through this Program.
(1) If the institution offers the grant based
on the expectation that the student would meet the requirements in subsection
(a)(7) of this section and does not become aware that the student failed to
meet these requirements until after the first disbursement of the grant has
been made to the student, then the institution reserves the right to require
the student to repay the amount that was previously received.
(2) In no case may a student receive a
subsequent disbursement of a grant through the Program after the institution
has become aware that the student failed to meet the requirements in subsection
(a)(7) of this section.
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