SECTION 22.165. Award Amount and Limitations

(a) The amount of a scholarship in an academic year shall not exceed $15,000.

(b) A scholarship awarded to a student under this subchapter shall be reduced for an academic year by the amount by which the full amount of the scholarship plus the total amount to be paid to the student for being under contract with one of the branches of the armed services of the United States exceeds the student's total cost of attendance for that academic year at the institution of higher education in which the student is enrolled.

(c) A student may receive a scholarship for four of the six years allowed for graduation, if the student is enrolled in a degree program of four years or less, or for five of the six years allowed for graduation, if enrolled in a degree program of more than four years.

(d) A student may not receive a scholarship after having earned a baccalaureate degree or a cumulative total of 150 credit hours, including transferred hours, as verified by the student's institution of higher education.

Source Note: The provisions of this §22.165 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 August 3, 2020, 45 TexReg 5341