Tex. Education Code § 54.301
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 54.301, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 54.301. HIGHEST RANKING HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES; OPTIONAL EXEMPTION.
Official statutory text
The governing board of each institution of higher education may issue scholarships each year to the highest ranking graduate of each accredited high school of this state, exempting the graduates from the payment of tuition during both semesters of the first regular session immediately following their graduation. This exemption may be granted for any one of the first four regular sessions following the individual's graduation from high school when in the opinion of the institution's president the circumstances of an individual case, including military service, merit the action.
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