Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 22 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS
Subchapter K - TEXAS TRANSFER GRANT PROGRAM
Section 22.203 - Eligible Students
Universal Citation: 19 TX Admin Code § 22.203
Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025
(a) To qualify for a grant through the Program, a student must:
(1) have Texas resident status, as determined
by chapter 21, subchapter B of this title (relating to Determination of
Resident Status);
(2) show
financial need in the semester(s) in which a grant is offered;
(3) have applied for any available financial
aid assistance;
(4) be enrolled in
a baccalaureate degree program at an eligible institution;
(5) be enrolled full-time in the semester(s)
in which a grant is offered 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
(relating to Hardship Provisions);
(7) have been awarded an associate degree by
a public junior college as defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003(2);
public technical institute as defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003(7);
or public state college as defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003(16),
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
(relating to Hardship Provisions), 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 as defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003(2);
public technical institute as defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003(7);
or public state college as defined in Texas Education Code, §
61.003(16);
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), 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) 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).
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