| (a) To receive an award through the Exemption Program
for Children of Professional Nursing Faculty and Staff, a student
shall:
(1) be a resident of Texas,
(2) not have been granted a baccalaureate degree,
(3) be enrolled at an institution that offers an undergraduate
or graduate program of professional nursing,
(4) be the child of an individual who:
(A) at the beginning of the semester or other academic
term for which an exemption is sought:
(i) holds a master's or doctoral degree in nursing,
and is employed full-time by a undergraduate or graduate professional
nursing program offered by the institution that the child is attending
and is employed as a member of the faculty or staff with duties that
include teaching, performing research, serving as an administrator,
or performing other professional services other than serving as a
teaching assistant, or
(ii) holds a baccalaureate degree in nursing and is
employed by a professional nursing program offered by the institution
as a full-time teaching assistant, or
(B) during all or part of the semester or other academic
term for which an exemption is sought:
(i) holds a master's or doctoral degree in nursing,
and has contracted with an undergraduate or graduate professional
nursing program in this state to serve as a full-time member of its
faculty or staff with duties that include teaching, performing research,
serving as an administrator, or performing other professional services
other than serving as a teaching assistant, or
(ii) holds a baccalaureate degree in nursing and has
contracted with a professional nursing program offered by the institution
to serve as a full-time teaching assistant.
(5) be enrolled at the same institution of higher education
at which the student's parent is currently employed or with which
the parent has contracted, either as a professional nursing faculty
or staff member; and
(6) have a statement on file with the institution of
higher education indicating the student is registered with the Selective
Service System as required by federal law or is exempt from Selective
Service registration under federal law.
(7) If receiving a continuation award in fall 2014
or later, the student shall also:
(A) be meeting the institution's grade point average
requirement for making satisfactory academic progress towards a degree
or certificate in accordance with the institution's policy regarding
eligibility for financial aid, unless granted a hardship waiver by
the institution in keeping with §22.298 of this title (relating
to Hardship Provisions); and
(B) if classified as an undergraduate student, have
not completed a number of semester credit hours that is considered
to be excessive under Texas Education Code, §54.014, unless
granted a hardship waiver by the institution on a showing of good
cause in keeping with §22.298 of this title. In determining the
number of hours an undergraduate has completed, semester credit hours
completed include transfer credit hours that count towards the person's
undergraduate degree or certificate requirements, but exclude:
(i) hours earned exclusively by examination;
(ii) hours earned for a course for which the person
received credit toward the person's high school academic requirements;
and
(iii) hours earned for developmental courses that the
institution required the person to take under Texas Education Code,
§51.3062 or under the former provisions of Texas Education Code,
§51.306.
(b) Discontinuation of Eligibility.
(1) A person's eligibility ends when the person has:
(A) previously received exemptions under this subchapter
for 10 semesters or summer sessions at any institution or institutions
or higher education, or
(B) received a baccalaureate degree.
(2) For the purpose of this provision, a summer session
that is less than nine weeks in duration is considered one-half of
a summer session.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §21.216 adopted to be effective November 28, 2005, 30 TexReg 7872; amended to be effective August 25, 2008, 33 TexReg 6818; amended to be effective February 26, 2014, 39 TexReg 1148; transferred effective March 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register February 17, 2017, 42 TexReg 699 |
