{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-56.243","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 56.243","heading":"ELECTION TO PARTICIPATE.","body":"A general academic teaching institution may elect to participate in the Student Endowment Scholarship and Internship Program. For the institution to make the election, the student government of the institution must determine by official action that the program would benefit the institution. If the student government determines that the program would benefit the institution, in a general election called for that purpose a majority of the students of the institution voting in the election must approve an additional fee and the potential matching grant from the state. If the majority approves the additional fee and potential matching grant from the state, the governing board of the institution shall impose and decide the structure of the additional fee.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1473, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 555 (S.B. 1417), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL","CHAPTER 56. STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE","SUBCHAPTER L. STUDENT ENDOWMENT SCHOLARSHIP AND INTERNSHIP PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.56.htm#56.243","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"5ede66fef606c96ec0bfa15c01b005e1bed9f5227ffe68f7bca8b85dd9e51547","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-56.242","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-56.244"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}