Tex. Educ. Code § 56.490 · Subchapter R. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR STUDENTS GRADUATING IN TOP 10 PERCENT OF HIGH SCHOOL CLASS
EXCEPTION FOR HARDSHIP OR OTHER GOOD CAUSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each institution of higher education shall adopt a policy to allow a student who fails to make satisfactory academic progress as required by Section 56.489 to receive a scholarship in a subsequent semester or other academic term on a showing of hardship or other good cause, including:
(1) a showing of a severe illness or other debilitating condition that could affect the student's academic performance;
(2) an indication that the student is responsible for the care of a sick, injured, or needy person and that the student's provision of care could affect the student's academic performance; or
(3) any other cause considered acceptable by the coordinating board.
(b) An institution of higher education may extend the eligibility period described by Section 56.488(c) in the event of hardship or other good cause as provided by the institution's policy adopted under Subsection (a).
(c) An institution of higher education shall maintain documentation of each exception granted to a student under this section and shall provide timely notice of those exceptions to the coordinating board.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342 (S.B. 175), Sec. 5, eff. June 19, 2009.
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