{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.9953","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 61.9953","heading":"INITIAL ELIGIBILITY.","body":"To be eligible to receive loan repayment assistance under this subchapter for the first year for which the person seeks loan repayment assistance, a person must:\n(1) be initially employed as a peace officer on or after September 1, 2019;\n(2) submit to the board an initial application for the loan repayment assistance, in the manner and on a form prescribed by board rule, that requires:\n(A) employer verification of the person's employment as a full-time peace officer in this state for at least one year and the person's current employment as a peace officer in this state as of the date of the application;\n(B) a transcript of the person's postsecondary course work; and\n(C) a statement of the total amount of principal, accrued interest, fees, and other charges due on all outstanding eligible loans for which the person is applying for repayment assistance;\n(3) have earned at least 60 semester credit hours or the equivalent at an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education before the person's initial employment as a peace officer;\n(4) be currently employed, and have completed at least one year of employment, as a full-time peace officer in this state; and\n(5) comply with any other requirement adopted by the board under this subchapter.\nAdded by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 567 (S.B. 16), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION","SUBTITLE B. STATE COORDINATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION","CHAPTER 61. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD","SUBCHAPTER NN. PEACE OFFICER LOAN REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.61.htm#61.9953","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"7d22325df0a7e843e97efa7560a5d2c69c35e1a41f874b18f56e7a0e8c019703","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.9952","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-61.9954"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}