Tex. Educ. Code § 56.163 · Subchapter J. MINORITY DOCTORAL INCENTIVE PROGRAM
ELIGIBILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To be eligible for a loan under this subchapter, a person must:
(1) be accepted for admission to an institution as a full-time graduate student in a doctoral program approved by the board or be accepted for admission to an institution as a full-time graduate student in a master's program approved by the board and demonstrate a commitment to pursue a doctoral program approved by the board;
(2) be sponsored by a faculty member of the program in which the person is enrolled;
(3) be nominated by the institution in which the person is enrolled based on academic achievement, career interest, and other factors the institution considers relevant;
(4) not have defaulted on another student loan; and
(5) have complied with any other requirements adopted by the board under this subchapter.
(b) The board shall adopt eligibility requirements under Subsection (a)(5) of this section to ensure that Texas residents, as defined by board rule, are first given the opportunity to receive loans under this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 75, Sec. 1, eff. May 4, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.56.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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