Tex. Education Code § 54.361
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 54.361, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 54.361. ONE-YEAR EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN TANF STUDENTS.
Official statutory text
A student is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees authorized by this chapter for the first academic year in which the student enrolls at an institution of higher education if the student:
(1) graduated from a public high school in this state;
(2) successfully completed the attendance requirements under Section 25.085;
(3) during the student's last year of public high school in this state, was a dependent child receiving financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, for not less than six months;
(4) is younger than 22 years of age on the date of enrollment;
(5) enrolls at the institution as an undergraduate student not later than the second anniversary of the date of graduation from a public high school in this state;
(6) has met the entrance examination requirements of the institution before the date of enrollment; and
(7) is classified as a resident under Subchapter B.
(1) graduated from a public high school in this state;
(2) successfully completed the attendance requirements under Section 25.085;
(3) during the student's last year of public high school in this state, was a dependent child receiving financial assistance under Chapter 31, Human Resources Code, for not less than six months;
(4) is younger than 22 years of age on the date of enrollment;
(5) enrolls at the institution as an undergraduate student not later than the second anniversary of the date of graduation from a public high school in this state;
(6) has met the entrance examination requirements of the institution before the date of enrollment; and
(7) is classified as a resident under Subchapter B.
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