| (a) To qualify for a grant through the Program, a student
must:
(1) have Texas resident status, as determined by chapter
21, subchapter B of this title (relating to Determination of Resident
Status);
(2) show financial need in the semester(s) in which
a grant is offered;
(3) have applied for any available financial aid assistance;
(4) be enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at
an eligible institution;
(5) be enrolled full-time in the semester(s) in which
a grant is offered unless granted a hardship waiver of this requirement
under §22.206 of this subchapter (relating to Hardship Provisions);
(6) make satisfactory academic progress toward the
baccalaureate degree at the eligible institution, as defined in §22.204
of this subchapter (relating to Satisfactory Academic Progress) unless
the student is granted a hardship extension in accordance with §22.206
of this subchapter (relating to Hardship Provisions);
(7) have been awarded an associate degree by a public
junior college as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(2);
public technical institute as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(7);
or public state college as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(16),
and credit hours earned toward completion of the associate degree
must:
(A) include completion of the core curriculum or an
abbreviated core curriculum related to a specific approved field of
study curriculum transferable to one or more general academic teaching
institutions;
(B) have been completed with at least a 2.5 grade point
average; and
(C) have been completed prior to enrolling in a baccalaureate
degree program at the institution offering a grant through this Program.
(8) unless granted a hardship postponement in accordance
with §22.206 of this subchapter (relating to Hardship Provisions),
have enrolled in the baccalaureate degree program at the eligible
institution on a full-time basis not later than the end of the 12th
month after the calendar month in which the student ceased being enrolled
in a public junior college as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(2);
public technical institute as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(7);
or public state college as defined in Texas Education Code, §61.003(16);
and
(9) meet applicable standards outlined in §22.3
of this chapter (relating to Student Compliance with Selective Service
Registration.
(b) If a student's eligibility was based on the expectation
that the student would meet the requirements in subsection (a)(7),
and the student failed to do so, then the student is no longer eligible
for a grant through this Program.
(1) If the institution offers the grant based on the
expectation that the student would meet the requirements in subsection
(a)(7) and does not become aware that the student failed to meet these
requirements until after the first disbursement of the grant has been
made to the student, then the institution reserves the right to require
the student to repay the amount that was previously received.
(2) In no case may a student receive a subsequent disbursement
of a grant through the Program after the institution has become aware
that the student failed to meet the requirements in subsection (a)(7).
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