Texas § ED.54.6261 - DEFERRED USE OF PREPAID CREDIT HOURS
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§ ED.54.6261. DEFERRED USE OF PREPAID CREDIT HOURS
DEFERRED USE OF PREPAID CREDIT HOURS. (a) A prepaid tuition contract must permit the beneficiary to elect to pay from another source the beneficiary's tuition and required fees for some or all of the semester credit hours to which the beneficiary is entitled to payment under the contract, and to defer to a subsequent semester or term the right to payment of the beneficiary's tuition and required fees for the number of semester credit hours remaining under the contract. The beneficiary is responsible for payment of the amount of tuition and required fees for the number of semester credit hours that the beneficiary elects not to pay under the contract. (b) This section does not affect the date on which a prepaid tuition contract terminates under this subchapter and does not give the beneficiary the right to any payment under the contract after termination of the contract. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 522, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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