Tex. Education Code § 51.3041
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 51.3041, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 51.3041. AWARD OF COURSE CREDIT FOR MILITARY TRAINING.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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