Texas Administrative Code
Title 19 - EDUCATION
Part 1 - TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
Chapter 22 - STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAMS
Subchapter L - TOWARD EXCELLENCE, ACCESS, AND SUCCESS (TEXAS) GRANT PROGRAM
Section 22.227 - Eligible Institutions

(1) Institutions eligible to make initial year and continuation grants in the program are medical or dental units and general academic teaching institutions, other than the public state colleges. Other public institutions, including public state colleges, are only eligible to make continuation grants, and can make continuation grants only to persons who initially received TEXAS Grants prior to fall 2014 through a public state college, community college, or technical college.

(2) No participating public institution may, on the grounds of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, or disability exclude an individual from participation in, or deny the benefits of the program described in this subchapter.

(3) Each participating public institution must follow the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VI (Public Law 88-353) in avoiding discrimination in admissions or employment.

(1) Agreement. Each eligible public institution must enter into an agreement with the Board, the terms of which shall be prescribed by the Commissioner or his/her designee, prior to being approved to participate in the program.

(2) Approval Deadline. An eligible public institution must enter into an agreement with the Board and indicate an intent to participate in the program by April 1 in order for qualified students enrolled in that public institution to be eligible to receive grants in the following fiscal year.