(a) Authority. Authority for this subchapter is provided in the Texas Education Code, Chapter 56, Subchapter C and D. These rules establish procedures to administer the subchapter as prescribed in the Texas Education Code, §§56.031 - 56.055.
(b) The purpose of the Texas Public Educational Grant and Emergency Tuition, Fees, and Textbook Loan Programs are to provide need-based grants and emergency loans assistance to students attending public institutions of higher education in Texas.

Source Note: The provisions of this §22.61 adopted to be effective August 16, 2004, 29 TexReg 7984; amended to be effective August 27, 2018, 43 TexReg 5508