Sec. 54.6262. APPLICATION OF UNUSED CREDIT HOURS TO GRADUATE TUITION. (a) If the beneficiary of a prepaid tuition contract registers in a graduate or professional degree program before the termination of the contract and the beneficiary has not received payment under the contract for tuition and required fees for all of the semester credit hours to which the beneficiary is entitled, the beneficiary may apply the value of the remaining semester credit hours under the contract to the payment of the beneficiary's tuition and required fees in the graduate or professional degree program.
(b) For purposes of this section, the value of a semester credit hour under a prepaid tuition contract is equal to the average amount of undergraduate tuition and required fees for a semester credit hour that would have been paid under the contract if the beneficiary registered in an undergraduate program for the same term or semester for which the beneficiary applies the payment to the beneficiary's tuition and required fees in a graduate or professional degree program under this section.
(c) This section does not affect the date on which a prepaid tuition contract terminates under this subchapter and does not give the beneficiary the right to any payment under the contract after termination of the contract.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 522, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Higher Education in General
Subchapter F. Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Program
Section 54.6001. Public Purpose
Section 54.602. Establishment of Board; Function
Section 54.603. Sunset Provision
Section 54.604. Termination or Modification of Program
Section 54.605. Effect of Termination of Program on Contract
Section 54.606. Members of Board; Appointment; Terms of Office
Section 54.607. Duty in Recommending, Making, or Confirming Appointments
Section 54.608. Restrictions on Board Appointment, Membership, and Employment
Section 54.6085. Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board Ethics Policy
Section 54.609. Removal of Board Member
Section 54.610. Training of Board Members
Section 54.611. Board Officers
Section 54.612. Compensation and Expenses of Appointed Board Members
Section 54.614. Applicability of Open Meetings Law and Administrative Procedure Law
Section 54.615. Executive Director; Staff
Section 54.616. Program and Facility Accessibility
Section 54.617. Public Interest Information and Complaints
Section 54.6175. Use of Technology
Section 54.618. Powers of Board
Section 54.6181. Advisory Committees
Section 54.619. Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Program
Section 54.6195. Application for Enrollment
Section 54.620. Prepaid Tuition Contract
Section 54.622. Types of Plans
Section 54.623. Junior College Plan
Section 54.624. Senior College Plan
Section 54.6245. Graduate and Professional Degree Plans
Section 54.625. Junior-Senior College Plan
Section 54.6251. Private College Plan
Section 54.6252. Contract for Additional Credit Hours
Section 54.626. Contract Payment
Section 54.6261. Deferred Use of Prepaid Credit Hours
Section 54.6262. Application of Unused Credit Hours to Graduate Tuition
Section 54.627. Change of Beneficiary
Section 54.628. Conversion to Another Plan
Section 54.629. Verification Under Oath
Section 54.630. Promise or Guarantee of Admission
Section 54.631. Contract Termination
Section 54.633. Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Scholarships for Students
Section 54.634. Establishment of Trust Fund; College Savings Plan Account
Section 54.636. Investment of Fund Assets
Section 54.637. Use of Fund Assets
Section 54.6385. Exemption From Securities Laws
Section 54.639. Exemption From Creditors' Claims
Section 54.640. Actuarial Soundness of Fund
Section 54.6401. Compliance With Limits on Contributions and Withdrawals
Section 54.641. Statement Regarding Status of Prepaid Tuition Contract