1. (a) Eligibility at End of First Grant Year. Students who complete their first year receiving a Tuition Equalization Grant in compliance with their institutions' financial aid satisfactory academic progress requirements are eligible to receive subsequent awards in the following year if they meet the other requirements listed in §22.24 of this subchapter (relating to Eligible Students).

2. (b) Eligibility at End of a Subsequent Grant Year. Students shall, unless granted a hardship provision in accordance with §22.27 of this subchapter (relating to Hardship Provisions), as of the end of an academic year in which the student receives a subsequent grant:

   1. (1) have completed at least:

      1. (A) for undergraduate students, 24 semester credit hours in the most recent academic year; or
      2. (B) for graduate students, 18 semester credit hours in the most recent academic year;
   2. (2) have an overall cumulative grade-point average of at least 2.5 on a four-point scale or its equivalent; and
   3. (3) have completed at least 75 percent of the semester credit hours attempted in the most recent academic year.

3. (c) Summer Terms.

   1. (1) If a student receives state grant funding for the summer term(s), an institution shall include credits attempted for summer coursework when determining whether a student is meeting satisfactory academic progress requirements.
   2. (2) If a student does not receive state grant funding for the summer term(s), the student can take summer coursework to reestablish eligibility if the student failed to meet satisfactory academic progress requirements during the last term or semester. However, an institution shall not use summer coursework not funded by state grants to recalculate satisfactory academic progress if the attempted credits would result in a student losing eligibility for the fall term.
4. (d) The institution shall calculate a student's GPA in accordance with §22.10 of this chapter (relating to Grade Point Average Calculations for Satisfactory Academic Progress).
5. (e) The completion rate calculations may be made in keeping with institutional policies.

Source Note:The provisions of this §22.25 adopted to be effective November 29, 2010, 35 TexReg 10503; amended to be effective February 28, 2012, 37 TexReg 1333; amended to be effective November 20, 2013, 38 TexReg 8199; amended to be effective March 4, 2015, 40 TexReg 925; amended to be effective November 29, 2017, 42 TexReg 6625; amended to be effective December 5, 2019, 44 TexReg 7381; amended to be effective May 15, 2025, 50 TexReg 2789; amended to be effective May 13, 2026, 51 TexReg 3107.