1. (a) An eligible institution may enter into agreements with outside employers to participate in the general work-study program. To be eligible to participate, an employer must:

   1. (1) provide part-time employment to an eligible student in nonpartisan and nonsectarian activities;
   2. (2) provide, insofar as is practicable, employment to an eligible student that is related to the student's academic interests;
   3. (3) use Texas college work-study program positions only to supplement and not to supplant positions normally filled by persons not eligible to participate in the work-study program; and
   4. (4) unless eligible for a waiver of matching funds under subsection (b) of this section, provide not less than 25 percent of an employed student's wages and 100 percent of other employee benefits for the employed student from sources other than federal college work-study program funds, if the employer is a nonprofit entity; or
   5. (5) provide not less than 50 percent of an employed student's wages and 100 percent of other employee benefits for the employed student, if the employer is a profit-making entity.
2. (b) Institutions eligible to receive Title III funds from the U. S. Department of Education are exempted from the general work-study program requirement to provide 25 percent of an employed student's wages, if they provide the Board with a copy of a current Title III eligibility letter from the U. S. Department of Education.
3. (c) Beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, each eligible institution shall ensure that at least 20 percent, but not more than 50 percent of the employment positions provided through the work-study program in an academic year are provided by eligible employers who are providing off-campus employment.

Source Note:The provisions of this §22.131 adopted to be effective August 16, 2007, 32 TexReg 4977; amended to be effective February 22, 2016, 41 TexReg 1231; transferred effective June 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register May 19, 2017, 42 TexReg 2739.