Tex. Education Code § 56.007
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 56.007, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 56.007. EXCLUSION OF ASSETS IN PREPAID TUITION PROGRAMS AND HIGHER EDUCATION SAVINGS PLANS.
Official statutory text
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the right of a person to assets held in or the right to receive payments or benefits under any fund or plan established under Subchapter G, H, or I, Chapter 54, including an interest in a savings trust account, prepaid tuition account, or related matching account, or any school-based account or bond described by Section 28.0024(b)(2), may not be considered an asset of the person, or otherwise included in the person's household income or other financial resources, for purposes of determining the person's eligibility for a TEXAS grant or any other state-funded student financial assistance.
(b) The amount of exclusion under Subsection (a) of assets held in or the right to receive payments or benefits under a school-based account or bond described by Section 28.0024(b)(2), except a fund or plan established under Subchapter G, H, or I, Chapter 54, as a school-based account, is limited to the amount of the cost of undergraduate resident tuition and required fees for one academic year consisting of 30 semester credit hours charged by the general academic teaching institution with the highest such tuition and fee costs for the most recent academic year, as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 54.753.
(b) The amount of exclusion under Subsection (a) of assets held in or the right to receive payments or benefits under a school-based account or bond described by Section 28.0024(b)(2), except a fund or plan established under Subchapter G, H, or I, Chapter 54, as a school-based account, is limited to the amount of the cost of undergraduate resident tuition and required fees for one academic year consisting of 30 semester credit hours charged by the general academic teaching institution with the highest such tuition and fee costs for the most recent academic year, as determined by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 54.753.
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