Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 21 - STUDENT SERVICES
Subchapter I - EXEMPTION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN OF PROFESSIONAL NURSING PROGRAM FACULTY AND STAFF
Section 21.216 - Eligible Students
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code ยง 21.216
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) To receive an award through the Exemption Program for Children of Professional Nursing Faculty and Staff, a student shall:
(1) be a
resident of Texas,
(2) not have
been granted a baccalaureate degree,
(3) be enrolled at an institution that offers
an undergraduate or graduate program of professional nursing,
(4) be the child of an individual who:
(A) at the beginning of the semester or other
academic term for which an exemption is sought:
(i) holds a master's or doctoral degree in
nursing, and is employed full-time by a undergraduate or graduate professional
nursing program offered by the institution that the child is attending and is
employed as a member of the faculty or staff with duties that include teaching,
performing research, serving as an administrator, or performing other
professional services other than serving as a teaching assistant, or
(ii) holds a baccalaureate degree in nursing
and is employed by a professional nursing program offered by the institution as
a full-time teaching assistant, or
(B) during all or part of the semester or
other academic term for which an exemption is sought:
(i) holds a master's or doctoral degree in
nursing, and has contracted with an undergraduate or graduate professional
nursing program in this state to serve as a full-time member of its faculty or
staff with duties that include teaching, performing research, serving as an
administrator, or performing other professional services other than serving as
a teaching assistant, or
(ii) holds
a baccalaureate degree in nursing and has contracted with a professional
nursing program offered by the institution to serve as a full-time teaching
assistant.
(5) be enrolled at the same institution of
higher education at which the student's parent is currently employed or with
which the parent has contracted, either as a professional nursing faculty or
staff member; and
(6) have a
statement on file with the institution of higher education indicating the
student is registered with the Selective Service System as required by federal
law or is exempt from Selective Service registration under federal
law.
(7) If receiving a
continuation award in fall 2014 or later, the student shall also:
(A) be meeting the institution's grade point
average requirement for making satisfactory academic progress towards a degree
or certificate in accordance with the institution's policy regarding
eligibility for financial aid, unless granted a hardship waiver by the
institution in keeping with §
21.219 of
this title (relating to Hardship Provisions); and
(B) if classified as an undergraduate
student, have not completed a number of semester credit hours that is
considered to be excessive under Texas Education Code, §
54.014,
unless granted a hardship waiver by the institution on a showing of good cause
in keeping with §
21.219 of
this title. In determining the number of hours an undergraduate has completed,
semester credit hours completed include transfer credit hours that count
towards the person's undergraduate degree or certificate requirements, but
exclude:
(i) hours earned exclusively by
examination;
(ii) hours earned for
a course for which the person received credit toward the person's high school
academic requirements; and
(iii)
hours earned for developmental courses that the institution required the person
to take under Texas Education Code, §
51.3062 or under the
former provisions of Texas Education Code, § 51.306.
(b) Discontinuation of Eligibility.
(1) A person's eligibility ends
when the person has:
(A) previously received
exemptions under this subchapter for 10 semesters or summer sessions at any
institution or institutions or higher education, or
(B) received a baccalaureate
degree.
(2) For the
purpose of this provision, a summer session that is less than nine weeks in
duration is considered one-half of a summer session.
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