Section 51.9245 - Admission of Person Receiving Athletic Scholarship(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.(b) A general academic teaching institution may not admit an applicant who has been promised or granted an athletic scholarship, grant, or similar financial assistance conditioned on the student's participation in a sport, game, or other competition involving substantial physical ability or physical skill for or on a team organized or sponsored by the general academic teaching institution that is funded by state funds unless:(1) if the general academic teaching institution requires a minimum high school grade point average as an admissions criterion for any entering freshman, that minimum applies to all freshmen being admitted; or(2) for an applicant other than an entering freshman, the applicant's cumulative college-level grade point average is equal to or greater than the minimum cumulative college-level grade point average required for an undergraduate student to remain enrolled at the institution in the preceding academic year.Tex. Educ. Code § 51.9245
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1198, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1997.