Galveston College is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution
Revised for dig
ital PDF: 5/21/2018
Waiver:
This waiver allows Non-Resident competitive scholarship recipients to register while paying the Resident or
reduced Non-Resident tuition.
Statutory Provisions:
Texas Education Code Sec. 54.064. A student who holds a competitive scholarship of at least $1,000 for the
academic year or summer for which the student is enrolled and who is either a nonresident or a citizen of a
country other than the United States of America is entitled to pay the fees and charges required of Texas
residents without regard to the lengthy of time the student has resided in Texas. The student must compete
with other students, including Texas residents, for the Scholarship and the scholarship must be awarded by a
scholarship committee officially recognized by the administration and be approved by the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board under criteria developed by the board.
It is the intent of this rule that nonresidents (including citizens, permanent residents of the US and all foreign
students) who receive eligible competitive scholarships from their institutions totaling at least $1,000 may be
granted a waiver of nonresident tuition for the period of time covered by the scholarship, not to exceed 12
months.
I certify that - -
Name of student Social Security Number
holds a competitive scholarship of at least $1, 000 for the:
Fall_____ Spring _____ SSI_____ SSII_____
Yr Yr Yr Yr
for which the student is enrolled and competed with other students, including Texas
residents, for the scholarship. The scholarship was awarded by a scholarship
committee officially recognized by the administration and approved by the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board at___________________________________.
Name of Institution
Signature of Authorizing Official Title
Phone Number Date
Student’s Name Student’s ID
Waiver: Approved Disapproved
Signature of Approving Admissions Staff Date
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