Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 51.844 - Readmission of Certain Military Personnel to Graduate and Professional Programs(a) This section applies only to a person who:(1) was previously offered admission to, or was enrolled in, a graduate program or professional program at a general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit;(2) did not initially enroll in the program, or withdrew from the program, as applicable, because of the person's deployment as a member of the armed forces of the United States serving on active duty for the purpose of engaging in a combative military operation outside the United States; and(3) seeks readmission to the program following the person's military deployment under Subdivision (2).(b) A general academic teaching institution or a medical and dental unit must, regardless of the time since the person was initially offered admission to, or withdrew from, the program, as applicable:(1) readmit a person to whom this section applies to the applicable graduate or professional program;(2) apply credit toward the program for any course work previously completed by the person under the program; and(3) accept a standardized test score previously submitted by that person for admission to the program.Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1194,Sec. 2, eff. 6/14/2013.