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Tuition Rebates for Eligible Undergraduate Students

ELIGIBLE STUDENTS

To qualify for a tuition rebate of $1,000 upon graduation from UTRGV, students must meet all of the following criteria:

1. Student must have attempted no more than three hours in excess of the minimum number of credit hours required to complete the degree in the catalog under which they graduated. (See definition of Attempted Hours below.)
2. Student must have enrolled for the first time in an institution of higher education in the fall of 1997 semester or later.
3. Student must be requesting a rebate for work related purposes a first baccalaureate degree received from at a Texas public university.
4. Student must have been a resident of Texas, must have attempted all coursework at a Texas public institution of higher education, and have been entitled to pay resident tuition at all times while pursuing the degree.

Definition: Attempted hours include transfer credits, course credit in excess of nine hours that were earned exclusively by examination, courses that were dropped after the official census date, for-credit developmental courses, optional internship and cooperative education courses, and repeated courses exclusively by examination. Courses dropped for reasons that are determined by the institution to be totally beyond the control of the student shall not be counted.

AMOUNT OF TUITION REBATES

1. The amount of tuition to be rebated to a student under this program is $1,000, unless the total amount of undergraduate tuition paid by the student to the institution awarding the degree was less than $1,000, in which event the amount of tuition to be rebated is equal to the amount of undergraduate tuition paid by the student to the institution.
2. A student who paid the institution awarding the degree an amount of undergraduate tuition less than $1,000 may qualify for an increase in the amount of the rebate, not to exceed a total rebate of $1,000, for any amount of undergraduate tuition the student paid to other Texas public institutions of higher education by providing the institution awarding the degree with proof of the total amount of that tuition paid to other institutions.
3. Tuition rebates shall be reduced by the amount of any outstanding student loan, including an emergency loan, owed to or guaranteed by this state. If a student has more than one outstanding student loan, the institution shall apply the amount of the rebate to the loans as directed by the student. If the student fails to provide timely instructions on the application of the amount, the institution shall apply the amount of the rebate to retire the loans with the highest interest rates first.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF INSTITUTIONS

1. Institutions shall notify first-time freshmen of the tuition rebate program. A notice in this catalog is considered an acceptable form of notice.
2. If requested by potentially eligible students, public institutions of higher education are required to provide these students opportunities to enroll during each fall and spring semester in the equivalent of at least 12 credit hours that apply toward their degrees. Institutions are not required to provide students with the opportunity to enroll in specific courses or specific sections. The requirement may be met by allowing substitutions for required courses or by allowing Dual Credit in courses from another institution, so long as the courses are taught on the student’s home campus and the student incurs no financial penalty.
3. Texas public universities are required to provide students with appropriate forms and instructions for requesting tuition reimbursement at the time that students apply for baccalaureate degrees.
4. Institutions are required to provide tuition rebates to students who apply for them within 60 days after graduation or provide the student with a statement explaining the reason the student is ineligible for the rebate.
5. Institutions are required to provide a dispute resolution process to resolve disputes related to local administration of the program.
6. Disputes related to lower-division credit transfer should be resolved in accordance with Coordinating Board rules, Chapter 5, Section 5.393 of this title (relating to transfer of lower division course credit).
7. Institutions may adopt rules and regulations for administering the program.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF STUDENTS

1. Students desiring to qualify for tuition rebates are responsible for complying with all University rules and regulations related to administration of the program.

2. Students desiring to qualify for tuition rebates are solely responsible for enrolling only in courses that will qualify them for the rebates.
   A student who has transferred from another institution of higher education is responsible for providing to the institution awarding the degree official transcripts from all institutions attended by the student.

3. Students must apply for rebates prior to receiving their baccalaureate degrees on forms provided by the institution’s registrar’s office and must keep the institution notified of their mailing address for at least 60 days after their graduation date.