| (a) A scholarship will become a loan if the recipient:
(1) Fails to maintain satisfactory academic progress
as described in §22.167 of this subchapter (relating to Award
Eligibility);
(2) Withdraws from the scholarship program, as indicated
through withdrawal or removal from the institution of higher education
or that institution's ROTC program or other undergraduate officer
commissioning program, without subsequent enrollment in another institution
of higher education and that subsequent institution's ROTC program
or other undergraduate officer commissioning program; or
(3) Fails to fulfill one of the following:
(A) a four-year commitment to be a member of the Texas
Army National Guard, Texas Air National Guard, Texas State Guard,
United States Coast Guard, or United States Merchant Marine; or
(B) the minimum active service requirement included
in a contract to serve as a commissioned officer in any branch of
the armed services of the United States; honorable discharge is considered
demonstration of fulfilling the minimum active service requirement.
(b) A scholarship converts to a loan if documentation
of the contract or commitment outlined in subsection (a)(3) of this
section is not submitted to the Coordinating Board within twelve months
of graduation with a baccalaureate degree. Subsequent filing of this
documentation will revert the loan back to a scholarship.
(c) If a recipient's scholarship converts to a loan,
the recipient:
(1) cannot regain award eligibility in a subsequent
academic year; and
(2) loses eligibility to receive any future awards.
(d) If a recipient requires a temporary leave of absence
from the institution of higher education and/or the ROTC program or
another undergraduate officer commissioning program for personal reasons
or to provide service for the Texas Army National Guard, Texas Air
National Guard, Texas State Guard, United States Coast Guard, or United
States Merchant Marine for fewer than twelve months, the Coordinating
Board may agree to not convert the scholarship to a loan during that
time.
(e) If a recipient is required to provide more than
twelve months of service in the Texas Army National Guard, Texas Air
National Guard, Texas State Guard, United States Coast Guard, or United
States Merchant Marine as a result of a national emergency, the Coordinating
Board shall grant that recipient additional time to meet the graduation
and service requirements specified in the scholarship agreement.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §22.170 adopted to be effective November 30, 2009, 34 TexReg 8530; amended to be effective September 6, 2011, 36 TexReg 5686; transferred effective June 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register May 19, 2017, 42 TexReg 2739; amended to be effective November 29, 2017, 42 TexReg 6625; amended to be effective May 29, 2018, 43 TexReg 3353; amended to be effective August 3, 2020, 45 TexReg 5341; amended to be effective May 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 3276 |
