1. (a) Each year the governor and the lieutenant governor shall each appoint two students and two alternates, and each state senator and each state representative shall appoint one student and one alternate to receive an initial scholarship.
2. (b) State senators or state representatives shall make appointments under subsection (a) of this section no later than September 30 of each year.
3. (c) If the Coordinating Board has not received all such appointments by the September 30 deadline, the Coordinating Board will notify the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives and request additional appointments.
4. (d) If a student appointed to receive a scholarship is determined to be ineligible to receive an initial scholarship, the Coordinating Board must notify the alternate on file of his or her nomination.
5. (e) If a recipient's scholarship converts to a loan prior to graduation, beginning with the academic year following the determination, the appointing official may appoint another eligible student to receive any available funds designated for the recipient who no longer meets the requirements for the scholarship.

Source Note:The provisions of this §22.166 adopted to be effective November 30, 2009, 34 TexReg 8530; amended to be effective November 29, 2011, 36 TexReg 8026, amended to be effective February 22, 2017, 42 TexReg 685; transferred effective June 1, 2017, as published in the Texas Register May 19, 2017, 42 TexReg 2739; amended to be effective November 29, 2017, 42 TexReg 6625; amended to be effective May 29, 2018, 43 TexReg 3353; amended to be effective August 3, 2020, 45 TexReg 5341; amended to be effective May 16, 2024, 49 TexReg 3276; amended to be effective May 15, 2025, 50 TexReg 763; amended to be effective November 13, 2025, 50 TexReg 7268.