Tex. Educ. Code § 61.893 · Subchapter T-3. TEXAS LEADERSHIP SCHOLARS PROGRAM
INITIAL ELIGIBILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To be initially eligible for the award of a leadership scholarship, an undergraduate student must:
(1) have graduated from a public high school in this state;
(2) either:
(A) have qualified for automatic admission to a general academic teaching institution under Section 51.803; or
(B) be nominated by the student's high school for participation in the program and hold another academic distinction recognized by the board;
(3) be enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at a general academic teaching institution;
(4) be economically disadvantaged, as determined by board rule; and
(5) comply with any additional requirement adopted by the board.
(b) To be initially eligible for the award of a research scholarship, a graduate student must:
(1) be enrolled in a research doctoral degree program at a general academic teaching institution;
(2) either:
(A) have graduated from a public high school in this state during the 10 years preceding the date of the student's application to the program; or
(B) have graduated from an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education;
(3) be economically disadvantaged, as determined by board rule;
(4) be nominated by the institution at which the student is enrolled on the basis of the student's academic merit and leadership potential; and
(5) comply with any additional requirements adopted by the board.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 695 (H.B. 1590), Sec. 1, eff. June 12, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm
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