Section 22.66 - Loan Repayment Deferral and Forgiveness(a) An institution may extend the time for repayment of loans for students who enroll in graduate or professional degree programs for up to three years, but not longer than one year beyond the time when the student fails to be enrolled in the institution on at least a half-time basis.(b) An institution shall forgive an emergency loan to an individual who has been certified by a physician as having a total and permanent disability. Total and permanent disability means the borrower is: (1) unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of a medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death, that has lasted for a continuous period of not less than 60 months, or that can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 60 months, or(2) the applicant is a veteran who has been determined by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to be unemployable due to a service-connected disability.(c) An institution shall maintain documentation justifying the deferral of repayments or the forgiveness of emergency loans for review by the State Auditor.19 Tex. Admin. Code § 22.66
Adopted by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 34, August 24, 2018, TexReg 5508, eff. 8/27/2018