(a) Authority. Authority for this subchapter is provided in the Texas Education Code, §54.355 (previously §54.221), Children of Professional Nursing Program Faculty. These rules establish procedures to administer this exemption program.
(b) Purpose. The purpose of this program is to provide exemptions from the payment of tuition to eligible students to encourage their parents to continue employment as professional nurse faculty or staff members in the State of Texas.

Source Note: The provisions of this §21.213 adopted to be effective November 28, 2005, 30 TexReg 7872; amended to be effective February 28, 2012, 37 TexReg 1336; transferred effective March 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register February 17, 2017, 42 TexReg 699