Texas Statutes
Subchapter D. Waivers, Exemptions, and Other Tuition and Fee Benefits
Section 54.368. Interinstitutional Academic Programs; Optional Exemption

Sec. 54.368. INTERINSTITUTIONAL ACADEMIC PROGRAMS; OPTIONAL EXEMPTION. (a) In this section:
(1) "Interinstitutional academic program" means a program under which a student may, in accordance with a written agreement between an institution of higher education and one or more other institutions of higher education or private or independent institutions of higher education, take courses at each institution that is a party to the agreement as necessary to fulfill the program's degree or certificate requirements.
(2) "Private or independent institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing board of an institution of higher education may exempt from the payment of tuition and required fees authorized by this chapter a student who is taking a course, including an interdisciplinary course, at the institution under an interinstitutional academic program agreement but who is enrolled primarily at another institution of higher education or at a private or independent institution of higher education that is a party to the agreement and to which the student is responsible for the payment of tuition and fees.
Redesignated and amended from Education Code, Section 54.224 by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 359 (S.B. 32), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2012.

Structure Texas Statutes

Texas Statutes

Education Code

Title 3 - Higher Education

Subtitle A - Higher Education in General

Chapter 54 - Tuition and Fees

Subchapter D. Waivers, Exemptions, and Other Tuition and Fee Benefits

Section 54.2001. Continued Receipt of Exemptions or Waivers Conditional

Section 54.2002. Exemptions and Waivers for State-Funded Courses Only

Section 54.2031. Dependent Children of Residents Who Are Members of Armed Forces Deployed on Combat Duty

Section 54.206. Foreign Service Officers

Section 54.211. Faculty and Dependents

Section 54.212. Teaching or Research Assistant

Section 54.213. Scholarship Student

Section 54.214. Biomedical Research Program; Scholarship Student

Section 54.216. Students Enrolled in Course for Concurrent High School and College-Level Credit; Optional Waiver

Section 54.217. Students Enrolled in Fully Funded Courses; Optional Waiver

Section 54.218. Distance Learning or Off-Campus Courses; Optional Waiver

Section 54.221. The University of Texas System; Science and Technology Development, Management, and Transfer

Section 54.222. Economic Development and Diversification

Section 54.223. Tuition Rates for Olympic Athletes

Section 54.225. Students Enrolled in Non-Semester-Length Developmental Education Interventions

Section 54.231. Resident of Bordering State or Nation or Participant in Student Exchange Program: Tuition

Section 54.232. NATO Agreement

Section 54.233. Academic Common Market

Section 54.241. Military Personnel and Dependents

Section 54.251. Registered Nurses in Postgraduate Nursing Degree Programs; Optional Waiver

Section 54.261. Designated Tuition; Hardship; Optional Waiver

Section 54.262. Student Services Fees; Optional Waiver

Section 54.263. Students 55 Years of Age or Older; Optional Waiver

Section 54.301. Highest Ranking High School Graduates; Optional Exemption

Section 54.331. Students From Other Nations of the American Hemisphere

Section 54.341. Veterans and Other Military Personnel; Dependents

Section 54.3411. Permanent Fund Supporting Military and Veterans Exemptions

Section 54.342. Prisoners of War

Section 54.343. Children of Prisoners of War or Persons Missing in Action

Section 54.344. Participants in Military Funerals

Section 54.345. Assistance for Tuition and Fees for Members of State Military Forces

Section 54.351. Children of Disabled Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers

Section 54.352. Disabled Peace Officers and Fire Fighters

Section 54.353. Firefighters Enrolled in Fire Science Courses

Section 54.3531. Peace Officers Enrolled in Certain Courses

Section 54.354. Education Benefits for Certain Survivors

Section 54.355. Children of Professional Nursing Program Faculty

Section 54.356. Preceptors for Professional Nursing Education Programs

Section 54.361. One-Year Exemption for Certain Tanf Students

Section 54.362. Funding of Exemptions

Section 54.363. Educational Aides

Section 54.364. Blind, Deaf Students

Section 54.365. Senior Citizens; Optional Benefit

Section 54.366. Exemptions for Students Under Conservatorship of Department of Family and Protective Services

Section 54.367. Exemptions for Adopted Students Formerly in Foster or Other Residential Care

Section 54.368. Interinstitutional Academic Programs; Optional Exemption

Section 54.369. The Texas A&m University System; National Laboratory or National Laboratory Operator Employee or Dependent