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Texas Administrative Code

TITLE 19	EDUCATION
PART 1	TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD
CHAPTER 22	GRANT AND SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER G	PROVISIONS FOR THE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS FOR PROFESSIONAL NURSING STUDENTS
RULE §22.124	Program Titles and Distinctions

Four scholarship programs for nursing students are to be administered in accordance with this subchapter. Their titles are the Scholarship Program for Rural Professional Nursing Students, the Scholarship Program for Licensed Vocational Nurses Becoming Professional Nurses, the Scholarship Program for Rural BSN and Graduate Nursing Students, and the General Scholarship Program for Professional Nursing Students. All four programs will be administered in keeping with this subchapter.

(1) Scholarship Program for Rural Professional Nursing Students. Students eligible for these funds must have graduated from high schools located in rural areas, or lived in such a rural area of Texas for the 12 months prior to enrollment in a professional nursing program. Furthermore, Rural Professional Nursing Scholarship recipients must be attending a nursing program offered in a rural area of the state. Otherwise eligible students enrolled in extended campuses in rural locations are eligible to participate.

(2) Scholarship Program for Licensed Vocational Nurses Becoming Professional Nurses. Students eligible for these funds must be Licensed Vocational Nurses who are enrolled in a program leading to licensure as a Professional Nurse.

(3) Scholarship Program for Rural BSN and Graduate Nursing Students. Students eligible for these funds must have graduated from high schools located in rural areas or must have lived in a rural area of Texas for the 12 months prior to enrollment in a professional nursing program. Rural BSN and graduate nursing students may be attending a nursing program offered at any eligible institution in the State.

(4) General Scholarship Program for Professional Nursing Students. Funds awarded through this program may go to any eligible student.

Source Note: The provisions of this §22.124 adopted to be effective August 16, 2004, 29 TexReg 7985

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