Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 21 - STUDENT SERVICES
Subchapter U - THE GOOD NEIGHBOR SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
Section 21.635 - Definitions
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
(1) Board--The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
(2) Commissioner--The Commissioner of Higher Education, the Chief Executive Officer of the Board.
(3) Continuation award--An exemption from tuition awarded to a student in accordance with this subchapter who has received the exemption in a previous semester.
(4) Eligible country--A politically independent nation, other than Cuba and the United States, located in the Western, or American hemisphere.
(5) Excess hours--In accordance with Texas Education Code § 54.014, for undergraduates, hours in excess of 30 or more than those required for completion of the degree program in which the student is enrolled.
(6) Native-born citizen of an eligible country--A person who is a citizen of an eligible country and who was born in that country or who was born abroad, if at least one of his or her parents was a citizen of the eligible country and not permanently residing in a foreign country.
(7) Resident of an eligible country--A person who is a citizen of a country and has that country as his or her place of home residence and who intends to return to that country to live immediately after finishing the educational program for which this scholarship will be used.
(8) Scholastically qualified--Meets the basic admissions requirements of the nominating institution.
