Tuition Rebates for Undergraduate Students
Senate Bill 1907, 75
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Legislature, Texas Education Code Sec. 54.0065.
Revised February 2012
This program is to provide tuition rebates that will provide a financial incentive for students to
prepare for university studies while completing their high school work, avail themselves of
academic counseling, make early career decisions, and complete their baccalaureate studies with
as few courses outside the degree plan as possible. Minimizing the number of courses taken by
students results in financial savings to students, parents, and the state. To be eligible for a rebate
under this program, a student must:
Have enrolled for the first time in an institution of higher education in the fall 1997
semester or later;
Request a rebate for coursework related to a first baccalaureate degree received from a
general academic teaching institution;
Have been a resident of Texas as set forth under Chapter 21, Subchapter B, Section 21.730
of this title (relating to Determining Residence Status) and have been entitled to pay
resident tuition at all times while pursuing the degree;
If enrolled for the first time in fall 2005 or later, graduate within four calendar years for a
four-year degree or within five calendar years for a five-year degree if the degree is in
architecture, engineering, or any other program determined by the Board to require more
than four years to complete; and
Have attempted no more than three hours in excess of the minimum number of semester
credit hours required to complete the degree under the catalog under which the student
graduated.
A. Hours attempted include:
1. transfer credit;
2. course credit earned exclusively by examination (except that, for the purposes of
this program, only the number of semester credit hours earned exclusively by
examination in excess of nine semester credit hours is treated as hours attempted);
3. courses dropped after the official census date;
4. optional internship and cooperative education courses; and
5. repeated courses.
B. Courses attempted shall not include:
1. course credit that is earned to satisfy requirements for a Reserve Officers’ Training
Corps (ROTC) program but that is not required to complete the degree program;
2. course credit, other than course credit earned exclusively by examination, that is
earned before graduating from high school; and
3. courses dropped for reasons that are determined by the institution to be totally
beyond the control of the student.
C. For students concurrently earning a baccalaureate degree and a Texas teaching
certificate, required teacher education courses shall not be counted to the extent that
they are over and above the free electives allowed in the baccalaureate degree program.