{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-901.654","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 901.654","heading":"FACTORS.","body":"(a) Scholarships shall be established and administered in a manner that the board determines best serves the public purpose of the scholarships.\n(b) In determining what best promotes the public purpose, the board shall consider at a minimum the following factors relating to each person applying for a scholarship under this section:\n(1) financial need;\n(2) ethnic or racial minority status; and\n(3) scholastic ability and performance in at least 15 hours of upper-level accounting coursework.\nTransferred from Education Code, Subchapter N, Chapter 61 and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 119 (H.B. 2440), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 447 (H.B. 2217), Sec. 13, eff. June 9, 2023.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF FINANCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES","SUBTITLE A. FINANCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 901. ACCOUNTANTS","SUBCHAPTER N. SCHOLARSHIPS FOR ACCOUNTING STUDENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.901.htm#901.654","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"8e76a550c9034f7526bbdbf4d670c361be499efa55c2780c422c1575a258eeae","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-901.653","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-901.655"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}