{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.844","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 51.844","heading":"READMISSION OF CERTAIN MILITARY PERSONNEL TO GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS.","body":"(a) This section applies only to a person who:\n(1) was previously offered admission to, or was enrolled in, a graduate program or professional program at a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit;\n(2) did not initially enroll in the program, or withdrew from the program, as applicable, because of the person's deployment as a member of the armed forces of the United States serving on active duty for the purpose of engaging in a combative military operation outside the United States; and\n(3) seeks readmission to the program following the person's military deployment under Subdivision (2).\n(b) A general academic teaching institution or a medical and dental unit must, regardless of the time since the person was initially offered admission to, or withdrew from, the program, as applicable:\n(1) readmit a person to whom this section applies to the applicable graduate or professional program;\n(2) apply credit toward the program for any course work previously completed by the person under the program; and\n(3) accept a standardized test score previously submitted by that person for admission to the program.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1194 (S.B. 1159), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 51. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBCHAPTER W. ADMISSION AND SCHOLARSHIP POLICIES FOR GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm#51.844","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"eaa9073e5b415f44bc7b851082b29f13a8a3772b2e3d50dcf0abe0cc14c97695","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.843","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-51.871"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}