Section 305.022 - Limitations on Grant Amount(a) The amount of a grant under this chapter may not exceed the lower of: (1) the maximum grant amount, if any, specified by the legislature in an appropriation act; or(2) the amount by which the tuition and required fees at the eligible institution attended exceeds the average amount of tuition and required fees that would be charged at a public technical institute, as determined by the commission based on information provided by the coordinating board.(b) The total amount of grants paid under this chapter on behalf of a student during a state fiscal year may not exceed an amount equal to 50 percent of the average state appropriation in the biennium preceding the biennium in which the grant is made for a full-time student or the equivalent at a public technical institute, as determined by the coordinating board and certified to the commission.(c) The amount of a grant to a part-time student shall be made on a pro rata basis in relation to the amount of the grant the person would be entitled to receive if enrolled as a full-time student.Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 713, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2001.