{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.9811","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 61.9811","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Audiologist\" means a person licensed as an audiologist under Chapter 401, Occupations Code.\n(2) \"Communicative disorders program\" means:\n(A) a graduate degree program in audiology or speech-language pathology accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology; or\n(B) an undergraduate degree program that prepares and qualifies students for admission to a graduate degree program described by Paragraph (A).\n(3) \"Public school\" means a public preschool or primary or secondary school in this state.\n(4) \"Speech-language pathologist\" means a person licensed as a speech-language pathologist under Chapter 401, Occupations Code.\nAdded by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 133 (S.B. 620), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION","CHAPTER 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD","SUBCHAPTER II. REPAYMENT OF CERTAIN SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST AND AUDIOLOGIST EDUCATION LOANS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm#61.9811","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"815a92742c3a6db51b61b0ba12a0de397560c035847b7f3ed1b0a44ab876541f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.9807","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.9812"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}