Section 61.9823 - [Effective for the 2024-2025 academic year] Limitations(a) On qualifying for loan repayment assistance under this subchapter, a nurse may receive repayment assistance for each year of part-time or full-time employment as a faculty member of a nursing degree program at an institution of higher education or private or independent institution of higher education, not to exceed five years. (b) The board by rule shall determine the maximum amount of loan repayment assistance received by a nurse under this subchapter in any one year. The board shall base the amount of loan repayment assistance received by a nurse for part-time employment on the proportion of the number of hours worked by the nurse to the number of hours worked by a full-time nurse. (c) The total amount of loan repayment assistance provided under this subchapter may not exceed the total amount of gifts and grants accepted by the board for the repayment assistance and other funds available to the board for the repayment assistance, including any money reallocated under Section 61.9826.Tex. Educ. Code § 61.9823
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1034,Sec. 7, eff. 6/18/2023, app. for the 2024-2025 academic year.Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 983,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2013.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.