Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Labor Code § 305.022: LIMITATIONS ON GRANT AMOUNT.

(a) The amount of a grant under this chapter may not exceed the lower of:
(1) the maximum grant amount, if any, specified by the legislature in an appropriation act; or
(2) the amount by which the tuition and required fees at the eligible institution attended exceeds the average amount of tuition and required fees that would be charged at a public technical institute, as determined by the commission based on information provided by the coordinating board.
(b) The total amount of grants paid under this chapter on behalf of a student during a state fiscal year may not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the average state appropriation in the biennium preceding the biennium in which the grant is made for a full-time student or the equivalent at a public technical institute, as determined by the coordinating board and certified to the commission.
(c) The amount of a grant to a part-time student shall be made on a pro rata basis in relation to the amount of the grant the person would be entitled to receive if enrolled as a full-time student.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 713, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Where this section sits in the code

LABOR CODE
TITLE 4. EMPLOYMENT SERVICES AND UNEMPLOYMENT
SUBTITLE B. TEXAS WORKFORCE COMMISSION; WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
CHAPTER 305. TEXAS CAREER OPPORTUNITY GRANT PROGRAM
SUBCHAPTER B. GRANT PROGRAM

(a) The amount of a grant under this chapter may not exceed the lower of:

(1) the maximum grant amount, if any, specified by the legislature in an appropriation act; or

(2) the amount by which the tuition and required fees at the eligible institution attended exceeds the average amount of tuition and required fees that would be charged at a public technical institute, as determined by the commission based on information provided by the coordinating board.

(b) The total amount of grants paid under this chapter on behalf of a student during a state fiscal year may not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the average state appropriation in the biennium preceding the biennium in which the grant is made for a full-time student or the equivalent at a public technical institute, as determined by the coordinating board and certified to the commission.

(c) The amount of a grant to a part-time student shall be made on a pro rata basis in relation to the amount of the grant the person would be entitled to receive if enrolled as a full-time student.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 713, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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