Tex. Occupations Code § 901.654

This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 901.654, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.

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§ 901.654. FACTORS.

Official statutory text

(a) Scholarships shall be established and administered in a manner that the board determines best serves the public purpose of the scholarships.

(b) In determining what best promotes the public purpose, the board shall consider at a minimum the following factors relating to each person applying for a scholarship under this section:

(1) financial need;

(2) ethnic or racial minority status; and

(3) scholastic ability and performance in at least 15 hours of upper-level accounting coursework.

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