| (a) For the Mentorship Program, an eligible institution
must file, in conjunction with the participating school district(s)
or nonprofit organization(s), a memorandum of understanding with the
Coordinating Board.
(b) An eligible institution may enter into agreements
with off-campus employers to participate in the Program. To be eligible
to participate, an off-campus employer must:
(1) provide part-time employment to an eligible student
in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities;
(2) provide, insofar as is practicable, employment
to an eligible student that is related to the student's academic interests;
(3) use Program positions only to supplement and not
to supplant positions normally filled by persons not eligible to participate
in the work-study program; and
(4) unless eligible for a waiver of matching funds
under subsection (b) of this section, provide not less than 25 percent
of an employed student's wages and 100 percent of other employee benefits
for the employed student from sources other than federal college work-study
program funds, if the employer is a nonprofit entity; or
(5) provide not less than 50 percent of an employed
student's wages and 100 percent of other employee benefits for the
employed student, if the employer is a profit-making entity.
(c) Institutions eligible to receive Title III funds
from the U. S. Department of Education are exempted from the Program
requirement to provide 25 percent of an employed student's wages,
if they provide the Board with a copy of a current Title III eligibility
letter from the U. S. Department of Education.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §22.131 adopted to be effective August 16, 2007, 32 TexReg 4977; amended to be effective February 22, 2016, 41 TexReg 1231; transferred effective June 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register May 19, 2017, 42 TexReg 2739; amended to be effective August 22, 2019, 44 TexReg 4312; amended to be effective August 3, 2020, 45 TexReg 5340 |
