{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-56.052","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 56.052","heading":"ELIGIBILITY.","body":"(a) The governing board of each institution shall adopt rules establishing eligibility criteria. The rules must allow eligible students to obtain loans on the basis of the order of receipt of applications, except as provided by Subsection (b).\n(b) The governing board may adopt rules that allow the institution to select loan recipients from the eligible applicants according to financial need, regardless of when their applications are received, if money available for the program is insufficient to provide loans to each eligible applicant.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 708, Sec. 15(a), eff. Aug. 26, 1985.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1181 (S.B. 1227), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 56. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE","SUBCHAPTER D. EMERGENCY TUITION, FEE, AND TEXTBOOK LOANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.56.htm#56.052","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"fa16d5d3f9d6012da1d221e4f512b4781b5f5d63b2480bf568811b499666fa22","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-56.051","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-56.053"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}