Tex. Gov't Code § 487.105 · Subchapter D. OUTSTANDING RURAL SCHOLAR RECOGNITION AND LOAN PROGRAM FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE
ELIGIBILITY FOR OUTSTANDING RURAL SCHOLAR COMPETITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) To be eligible to participate in the competition under Section 487.104, a high school student or an undergraduate student at a postsecondary educational institution must:
(1) be nominated and sponsored by a rural community, which sponsorship must include financial support;
(2) be a Texas resident under Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code;
(3) if the person is a high school student, be in the upper 25 percent of the student's high school class, if the class contains 48 or more students, and intend to enter a postsecondary educational institution; and
(4) if the person is an undergraduate student, be in the upper 25 percent of the student's class or have a cumulative grade average that is equal to or greater than the equivalent of a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and be enrolled in a postsecondary educational institution.
(b) If a person is neither a high school student nor an undergraduate student, the person must be eligible for participation in the competition under rules adopted by the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1424, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (H.B. 1918), Sec. 33, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.487.htm
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