(a) An individual may not receive a loan, grant, scholarship, or other financial assistance funded by state revenue, including federal funds or gifts and grants accepted by this state, unless the individual files the Selective Service Statement of Registration Status with the institution granting or certifying the financial assistance. The language to be used in the Selective Service Statement of Registration Status is disseminated by Coordinating Board staff to institutions of higher education on an annual basis. Institutions may accept documentation from the Selective Service System of an individual's registration with the Selective Service in lieu of the required statement.
(b) An individual who has demonstrated registration with the Selective Service through the Selective Service Statement of Registration Status or acceptable Selective Service System documentation is not required to file a statement of the individual's selective service status the next time the individual makes an application for financial assistance to the same institution of higher education. An individual who has not previously demonstrated registration with the Selective Service through the Selective Service Statement of Registration Status or acceptable Selective Service System documentation is required to file a statement of the individual's selective service status the next time the individual makes an application for financial assistance.
(c) This section does not apply to:
  (1) a female individual, if females are not subject to general selective service registration under federal law; or
  (2) an individual older than the maximum age at which an individual is required to be registered with the selective service system under federal law.
(d) Authority for this section is provided in Texas Education Code, Chapter 51, Section 51.9095.

Source Note: The provisions of this §22.3 adopted to be effective February 28, 2018, 43 TexReg 1083; amended to be effective May 19, 2022, 47 TexReg 2860