TEXAS Grant

The TEXAS (Towards EXcellence, Access and Success) Grant was created to provide a grant to enable well-prepared students to attend public and private nonprofit institutions of higher education in Texas. To qualify for TEXAS Grant, a student must:

Be a Texas resident.
Have not been convicted of a felony or crime involving a controlled substance.
Complete the FAFSA/TAFSA and show financial need.
Have an EFC less than or equal to 5875.
Register for the Selective Service or be exempt from this requirement.
Enroll in at least 3/4 time (nine hours or more) in an undergraduate program.
Not have earned a baccalaureate degree
Be enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at a public 4 year as a first time undergraduate.

AND

Graduated from an accredited public or private high school in Texas May 1, 2013 or later. Complete the Recommended High School Program or Distinguished Achievement Program in high school. (See additional academic requirements below for students graduating from high school after May 1, 2013.)
Enroll in a nonprofit public college or university in Texas within 16 months of graduation from a public or accredited private high school in Texas.
Have accumulated no more than 30 credit hours, excluding those earned for dual or concurrent courses or awarded for credit by examination (AP, IB, or CLEP).

Have earned an associate’s degree from a public technical, state or community college in Texas.
Enroll in any public university in Texas no more than 12 months after receiving their associate’s degree.

To receive priority consideration for an initial year award through the TEXAS Grant Program, a student must:

Meet the basic initial year student eligibility requirements (see section above);

Meet the state priority deadline of January 15th; and

Meet at least one of the requirements in at least 2 of the following 4 areas:

Graduation under the Recommended or Advanced High School Program, successful completion of the course requirements of the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program, or earning of the equivalent of at least 12 credit hours of college credit in high school;
Satisfaction of the Texas Success Initiative (TSI) college readiness benchmarks or be TSI exempt;
Graduation in the top one-third of the person’s high school graduating class, or graduation from high school with a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a four-point scale or the equivalent; or
Completion for high school credit of at least one advanced mathematics course following the successful completion of an Algebra II course

Completion of at least one advance career and technical course as determined by TEA Students entering the program from high school who continue in college and who meet program academic standards can receive awards for up to 150 credit hours, until they receive a bachelor’s degree, or for five years if enrolled in a four-year degree plan or six years if enrolled in a five-year degree plan, whichever comes first.

Students entering the program based on acquisition of an associate’s degree who continue in college and who meet program academic standards can receive awards for up to 90 credit hours, until they receive a bachelor’s degree, or for three years if enrolled in a four-year degree plan or four years if enrolled in a five-year degree plan, whichever comes first.

Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year a student’s eligibility for Texas Grant ends once he or she has attempted 150 school credit hours unless the student has been granted a hardship appeal.

Students must ensure that an official high school transcript is on record with the Office of Admissions before they can receive an award.

TEXAS Grant funds are based on state appropriations and funding is limited. Receipt of a TEXAS Grant is not guaranteed and is dependent on yearly allocations from the state.

To receive a renewal award through the Texas Grant Program, a student must:

Be enrolled at least three-quarter time as an undergraduate student who previously received a TEXAS Grant award and has not yet been granted a baccalaureate degree;
Have not been convicted of a felony or crime involving a controlled substance.
Have a calculated financial need;
Maintain satisfactory academic progress (SAP):
At the end of the first year:

Meeting Institutional SAP Policy

At the end of all subsequent years following the first year:

Cumulative GPA

24 “New” Semester Credit Hours (SCH's) in an Academic Year (**Important: Repeat classes previously passed with a “D” or higher do not count as new earned hours)