Sec. 51.844.  READMISSION OF CERTAIN MILITARY PERSONNEL TO GRADUATE AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS.  (a)  This section applies only to a person who:
(1)  was previously offered admission to, or was enrolled in, a graduate program or professional program at a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit;
(2)  did not initially enroll in the program, or withdrew from the program, as applicable, because of the person's deployment as a member of the armed forces of the United States serving on active duty for the purpose of engaging in a combative military operation outside the United States; and
(3)  seeks readmission to the program following the person's military deployment under Subdivision (2).
(b)  A general academic teaching institution or a medical and dental unit must, regardless of the time since the person was initially offered admission to, or withdrew from, the program, as applicable:
(1)  readmit a person to whom this section applies to the applicable graduate or professional program;
(2)  apply credit toward the program for any course work previously completed by the person under the program; and
(3)  accept a standardized test score previously submitted by that person for admission to the program.
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1194 (S.B. 1159), Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2013.