Tex. Educ. Code § 51.3041 · Subchapter F. REQUIRED AND ELECTIVE COURSES
AWARD OF COURSE CREDIT FOR MILITARY TRAINING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) An institution of higher education shall consider, in determining whether to award to a student course credit toward a degree or certificate offered by the institution for the student's completion of certain military training:
(1) any official military record presented to the institution by the student that:
(A) describes the substance of the training completed by the student; and
(B) verifies the student's successful completion of that training; and
(2) whether the substance of that training satisfies the purpose of the course for which the student seeks credit as described in the institution's course catalog.
(c) This section applies to a student who has completed certain military training and is admitted to the institution, including a student who is readmitted under Section 51.9242.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 549 (H.B. 1170), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 907 (H.B. 133), Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 133 (H.B. 33), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
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