Tex. Education Code § 54.012
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 54.012, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 54.012. TUITION RATES FOR CERTAIN DOCTORAL STUDENTS.
Official statutory text
The governing board of an institution of higher education may charge a resident doctoral student who has more semester credit hours of doctoral work than allowed for purposes of state funding for the current state fiscal biennium under Section 61.059(l) tuition at the rate charged nonresident doctoral students. Tuition charged at the rate provided by this section shall be accounted for as if collected under Section 54.008.
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