Section 56.484 - Initial Eligibility for Scholarship To be eligible for a scholarship under this subchapter, a student must:
(1) have graduated from a public or accredited private high school in this state while ranked in the top 10 percent or as the valedictorian of the student's graduating class, subject to Section 56.487(b);(2) have completed the recommended or advanced high school curriculum established under Section 28.025 or its equivalent;(3) have applied for admission as a first-time freshman student for the 2010-2011 academic year or a subsequent academic year to an institution of higher education that has elected to offer admissions for that academic year to applicants as provided by Section 51.803(a-1);(4) enroll as a first-time freshman student in an institution of higher education not later than the 16th month after the date of the student's high school graduation;(5) have been awarded a TEXAS grant under Subchapter M for the same semester or other academic term for which the scholarship will be awarded;(6) be a Texas resident under Section 54.052; and(7) comply with any other eligibility requirements established by coordinating board rule.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 730,Sec. 2, eff. 6/10/2019.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1342, Sec. 5, eff. 6/19/2009. See Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 730, Sec. 4.